Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket Reviews

Review score: 8.6/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £89.99 (RRP: £89.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket worthy of a review score of 8.6 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Prime
• Videos
• Summary
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Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Bottom Brackets. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Bottom Brackets. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Bottom Brackets. Brands like Prime are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Bottom Brackets category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Bottom Brackets.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £89.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.1 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Bottom Brackets

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Bottom Brackets.

We found 215 in the Bottom Brackets category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £79.37, making it above average at £89.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Bottom Brackets. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £321.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £0.99.

With 215 products available we worked out that 53 cost more than Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket and 157 were cheaper.

Cost of Prime products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 142 products from Prime, of which 6 were in the Bottom Brackets category.

For now though we’re looking at Prime branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £182.34 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Prime product we found was £3.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £999.99.

Of the 142 from Prime, 56 were more expensive than Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket and 82 were cheaper.

How much are Prime Bottom Brackets?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Prime products that are listed in the Bottom Brackets category.

The average price of the 6 products that match this search was £54.16, with the cheapest coming in at £19.99 and highest price was £89.99. With the average being £54.16, Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket comes in above average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket and 4 were cheaper.

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Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.6 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Bottom Brackets category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.1 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket or another similar product, like Prime BB30 Bottom Bracket reviews or Prime BB86 Bottom Bracket reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Bottom Brackets.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Bottom Brackets. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Prime, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.6/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 27167565521
• Product ID 2: 798518UK
• Brand: Prime
• Model number: PBB386DUBC
• RRP: £89.99
• EAN: 5056389365679
• Description: Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket (SRAM – DUB)Prime’s BB386 Bottom Bracket packs a lot of technology into a compact package to keep your cranks running smoother for longer. At Prime we use the best elements from different materials to ensure optimum performance.Creak-Free Bottom BracketThe bearings are held in place by an alloy cup, but in order to keep the BB and frame quiet and creak-free, they are housed in a plastic/nylon shell. Finding the right mix of plastic and nylon has allowed us to precisely manufacture these BBs so they won’t deform over time or when they get wet. It also allows the BB to fit in frames that aren’t perfectly aligned.Our bearings inside our BB386 BBs are precisely manufactured to spin smoothly, and when combined with our special seals, repel the elements. The seal is made from a mix of rubber and alloy to provide double protection for the bearings. And, we hand assemble these bottom brackets to ensure none of this development and precision is wasted.Ceramic BearingsWith our ceramic bearing option, friction is reduced meaning less energy is required to turn the cranks, they’re also more durable, and don’t rust so they’ll require less maintenance. If you’re a rider seeking out every possible advantage over the competition, the ceramic option can help take your performance to the next level.Features: Bearing: Premium Stainless Steel & Ceramic options available Frame Type: BB386 EVO Crank Type: SRAM DUB (29mm) Weight: 85g (Steel Bearings), 80g (Ceramic Bearings)Buy Prime Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Bottom Brackets
• Size: BB386 – SRAM DUB
• Unisex
• 0
• Adult

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Other options for Bottom Brackets

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Bottom Brackets. 215 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket included,
Prime Thermal Bidon 500ml reviews, Prime 343 Carbon Rear Disc Wheel reviews, or we really liked the look of Prime 15-20mm Center Lock Lockring reviews as another alternative.