Install External Ball Bearings on Mountain Bikes by Expert Village

We're now going to focus on reinstalling two-piece crank arms with external-bearing bottom brackets. I've left the chain and the whole drive train out of the equation for simplicity's sake, and so I can more easily show you what I'm doing. I've got my... Read More »

External Ball Bearing & Mountain Biking Tips by Expert Village

So when we are working with our external bottom bracket systems and our two-piece cranks and all that, we need to remember that there are differences between different manufacturer's methods of bearing pre-load and crank arm attention. As you can see... Read More »

Remove External Bearing Cranks on Mountain Bikes by Expert Village

I'm going to talk you through removing your two-piece external bottom bracket cranks. The cranks that I have on this bike are from a company called Race Face, out of Canada. The other popular cranks are from Shimano of Japan. They use slightly different... Read More »

Remove External Bearing Cranks on Mountain Bikes by Expert Village

So to remove things here, if this was the Shimano one, I'd just be undoing the pre-load and then I'd be undoing the bolts over here on the left side. But here, I am pulling the arm off the splined interface by just loosening this one bearing. And it's... Read More »

How to Choose Bicycle Wheels by Expert Village

Hi! This is Eric with Spin City Cycling here in Austin, Texas and I am talking to you on behalf of Expert Village. Today we are going to talk about wheels. As you can imagine, you can't ride a bike without wheels. They are very important to the... Read More »