Replacing a press-fit bottom bracket may seem like an advanced skill but it doesn’t need to be with the correct know-how and suitable tools. A press-fit bottom bracket forgoes threads and the ...

If you were to make a short list of mechanicals that can derail a race, there are a few that immediately come to mind. Chains, brakes and derailleurs are obvious, as are flats and damaged rims.

After a decade or so of press-fit bottom brackets being the dominant system on high-end road bikes, there has – to almost universal acclaim – been a notable return to threaded bottom brackets in the ...