Norco Valence C1 (2014) bottom bracket

warnox

Hi,

This is a bit of a random question but I cannot find a definitive answer anywhere, so hoping someone here can help me out.

The frame on my bike indicates that the bottom bracket should be a BB30 but a BB30 bottom bracket does not fit in unless I use a spacer. All the documentation I can find, suggest the bracket is a PF30, which would make sense given the fitting issue.

This is the bike, but mine was bought in the UK.

https://www.norco.com/bike-archives/201 ... echanical/
https://www.evanscycles.com/norco-valen ... e-EV197150

Maybe I should have taken everything apart, rather than relying on the frame marking being correct, before I purchased a new BB... sigh

Cheers for any help.

svetty

warnox wrote:

This is a bit of a random question but I cannot find a definitive answer anywhere........

warnox wrote:

.....All the documentation I can find, suggest the bracket is a PF30,

You've answered your own question....

warnox

Well, some of the documentation, the review below suggests BB30... And if it is PF30, why would the frame indicate BB30?

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/cate ... -14-48231/

davem399

The Bike Radar review mentions a BB30 chainset, not a BB30 bottom bracket.

A BB30 chainset will fit into a PF30 bottom bracket, which I guess is what your bike has.

svetty

warnox wrote:

Well, some of the documentation, the review below suggests BB30... And if it is PF30, why would the frame indicate BB30?

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/cate ... -14-48231/

The Norco info you linked to clearly says PF30.......

warnox

Thanks, all. So that probably explains most things, except the frame saying 'BB30', see below.



Anyway, I managed to fit a BBInfinite BB30 bracket with a Praxis Cycles [PF30] sleeve (https://praxiscycles.com/wp-content/upl ... vBB-01.jpg). The sleeve was already in there. Not ideal, it will still creak, but aside from spending another $150 it'll have to do