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Included – 2 each: 2.5mm BB Frame Spacer
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Deeply regret purchasing the ancora. I installed this in a Time ADHX fork, and torqued the compression bolt. Before I reached the specified 9nm, the steerer cracked under the pressure. The plug is now stuck in the steerer (not that I’ll ever use this part again in the future.) The wrench has been calibrated, and the steerer was brand new. And Time is renowned for the quality of their carbon manufacturing. Very hard for me to understand why such high pressure is specified for this part—it’s higher than the specs of other similar parts. I’m currently waiting for Time to determine the warranty status, but I expect to be charged for a new fork. To me this is inexcusable on the part of cane creek. Why do you design a compression plug that requires 9nm when other similar parts on the market have lower values. And even if the stem should be installed on the steerer to counteract the outward pressure from the plug (which I doubt) why is this not made clear in the instructions? Extremely disappointing. I have multiple helms, eewings, eebrakes, hellbender-based bb’s and headsets, all phenomenal, but this product and its installation instructions have resulted in a very dangerous failure. The worst part: if I hadn’t noticed the crack, I’d be relying on a compromised steerer while bombing mountain road descents at 50mph+. Just egregious. DO NOT BUY!
Verified OwnerCompression ring did not fit inside the bearing for my fork. I used the old bearing and crown race.
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Verified OwnerThe crown race recommended for the bottom bearing did not fit the fork (too small) and I had to use the old one.
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The spacers allowed me to dial the BB in. Easiest BB install yet!
It’s total BS at this price point to not include any and all potential spacers needed for assembly on any frame. Also my local shop carries the BB but not the spacers which feels like a communication failure somewhere between CaneCreek and Universal cycles of Portland. Provided the part number that comes in the box with the BB and it just wasn’t in their inventory! so I’m now screwed out of another week+ of riding smack in the middle of summer waiting for parts to be delivered.
Hi John, thank you for your feedback and apologies your local bike shop did not inform you that our BSA Bottom Brackets come with 1 x 2.5mm BSA Shell spacer which is designed to be used with a BSA 68 or 73mm BB Shell and any addition spacers are sold separate. We have reached out to our operations team to put ‘rush’ processing on your Hellbender BB Spacer Kit – BSA – in hopes you will be back on your bike sooner to enjoy summer riding!
Fits great!
Didn’t need but ordered just in case
Should be included with BB at this price point. Or at least the prompt to add it to an order when ordering configurations that may need it.
Thank you for the suggestion, Brian. I’ve added a note to our Bottom Bracket pages.