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Title: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: oldschool rider on February 18, 2010, 11:25 PM

What are your views on these B/B, which do you prefer and why ?


cheers,
Steve :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: HEYWOOD BMX on February 19, 2010, 12:04 AM

 :) Does anyone else use Spanish other than Fly,Macneil,T1? Personally I don`t favour 1 more than the other,though mid seems to be the industry standard.

Title: Re: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: sweetbeats on February 19, 2010, 12:26 AM

I prefer a gaping US Hole..spanish looks way too tight for me  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: magna13 on February 19, 2010, 12:50 AM

Quote from: HEYWOOD BMX on February 19, 2010, 12:04 AM

:) Does anyone else use Spanish other than Fly,Macneil,T1? Personally I don`t favour 1 more than the other,though mid seems to be the industry standard.

Sputnic :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: gobshite on February 19, 2010, 12:57 AM

the spanish is absolutely fine with a 19mm but imo starts to suffer with 22mm, the bearings arent that much bigger than the euro,

mid copes with both size axles with no problems but as an industry standard it was rushed through a little,

there are folk pushing for the whole bmx industry to adopt the bb30 bottom bracket standard so... ???

Title: Re: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: fugazi on February 19, 2010, 01:02 AM

Failure, Deluxe & DK as well I think.

Title: Re: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: pickle on February 19, 2010, 07:33 AM

my Proper Proclaimer has a spanish BB and it's fine  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: teamsano on February 20, 2010, 10:28 AM

i've had both, and also the euro.

i've never had a single problem with any of the 3, altho i use a 19mm spindle.

Title: Re: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: Stodgy on February 20, 2010, 10:32 AM

All fine, but I wish the industry would just decide on one and stick to it. My preference would be Mid 19mm & 22mm.

Title: Re: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: kev-s on February 25, 2010, 11:29 PM

mid for me too :daumenhoch: had euro and my mate had spainish and now we both have mid, bearings are cheap (19mm anyway) no cups, bearings last for years :daumenhoch:

the euro bearings dont last aslong as mid bearings and u have the chance of damaging threads

my mates spainsh was one of the ones which came with plastic cups which warped/deformed and didnt fit when he put it into his new frame after being in his old frame for 6 months

Title: Re: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: oldschool rider on February 26, 2010, 12:22 AM

Ok thanks guys for the info, I've just bought a new frame with spanish B/B now to decide which one.


Steve :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: pickle on February 26, 2010, 07:24 AM

when i bought my Proclaimer frame with Spanish BB, i just bought a DK spanich BB from custom riders (was the cheapest one) it's still as smooth as the day i installed it  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Mid or Spanish ?
Post by: fugazi on February 26, 2010, 11:20 AM

Quote from: pickle on February 26, 2010, 07:24 AM

when i bought my Proclaimer frame with Spanish BB, i just bought a DK spanich BB from custom riders (was the cheapest one) it's still as smooth as the day i installed it  :daumenhoch:

X2. Got One in My Failure  :daumenhoch: most of them are generic anyway, just got a different name etched on there.