Where to face bottom bracket shell?

Posted on Wed 24th, March 2010

• #1

CTML

I'm fitting an external BB onto a brand new frame, evans has a long waiting list for 'repairs', where can i get my BB faced for cheap?
• #2

TheBrick(Tommy)

phone around bike shops asking for prices and waiting lists. Choose the one that fits your budget / time frame requirements.
• #3

dicki

^ ha
• #4

Skülly

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• #5

gizmond

I'm fitting an external BB onto a brand new frame, evans has a long waiting list for 'repairs', where can i get my BB faced for cheap?

Send it back to where you bought it and ask, 'Why didn't you face the BB on my new frame, f*cktard?'
• #6

retrodicorsa

I can do it for you Friday eve or Saturday morning, £beers-ish, as long as the shell isn't chromed (as in under the paint e.g. Colnago, Merckx steel frames)
• #7

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Send it back to where you bought it and ask, 'Why didn't you face the BB on my new frame, f*cktard?'

i was under the impression that shops rarely, if ever, faced bb's or headtubes. an unfaced bb shell for non-external bb's is not much of a problem, but is pretty much essential if you want your external bb to last a long time and run smooth.

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