Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor Reviews
Review score: 8.9/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £19.99 (RRP: £19.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor worthy of a review score of 8.9 out of 10.
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Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor features
Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black Other Bottom Brackets found with this Spec: 6387 |
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Spec 2
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Size: BB386 – Shimano Other Bottom Brackets found with this Spec: 1 |
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Feature 1
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Material: Alloy Other Bottom Brackets found with this feature: 140 |
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Feature 2
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Allows cranks with a 24mm axle to be used in BB386 EVO frames Other Bottom Brackets found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Weight: 25g Other Bottom Brackets found with this feature: 4 |
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Price
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£19.99 |
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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 Bottom Bracket Adaptor.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor 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.
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 Bottom Bracket Adaptor
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor.
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 Bottom Bracket Adaptor was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £19.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.7 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 below average at £19.99.
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 173 cost more than Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor and 37 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, 92 were more expensive than Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor and 42 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 Bottom Bracket Adaptor comes in below average.
4 products that meet this search were more expensive than Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor and 0 were cheaper.
Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor 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 Bottom Bracket Adaptor reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.8 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 Bottom Bracket Adaptor or another similar product, like Prime Threaded Bottom Bracket reviews or Prime PF30 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.
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.
YouTube Video of Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor. 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 8.9/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 27167565509
- Product ID 2: 798512UK
- Brand: Prime
- Model number: PBBA386SHM
- RRP: £19.99
- EAN: 5056389365617
- Description: Prime Bottom Bracket Adaptor (BB386 – Shimano)Prime’s Bottom Bracket Adaptor (BB386 – Shimano) allows you to run Shimano and FSA 24mm cranksets in BB386 EVO road bike bottom bracket shells with a compatible bottom bracket.Precision made with the highest quality materials, Prime Bottom Brackets and BB adaptors ensure your cranks run smoother for longer.Features: Material: Alloy Allows cranks with a 24mm axle to be used in BB386 EVO frames Weight: 25gBuy Prime Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Components > Bottom Brackets
- Size: BB386 – Shimano
- Unisex
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- Adult
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 Bottom Bracket Adaptor included,
Prime BB386 Bottom Bracket reviews, Prime BB30 Bottom Bracket reviews, or we really liked the look of Prime BB86 Bottom Bracket reviews as another alternative.