Steering Pivot
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List of current steering pivot solutions
Contents
- 1 Rod end bearing
- 2 Cartridge bottom bracket, en:Bottom bracket
- 3 Tapered roller bearing, U-bracket
- 4 Tapered roller bearings, Flevo-style
- 5 Ball bearing
- 6 Bronze bushings, Bushing
- 7 Iglidur bushings
- 8 Polyoxymethylene (POM), also known as Delrin
- 9 Headset (bicycle part)
- 10 Cup and cone bottom bracket, Ball bearing
Rod end bearing
- pro: allows fine adjustment of pivot angle
"foolproof" (cannot be misaligned) - contra: more friction than roller bearings
Cartridge bottom bracket, en:Bottom bracket
- pro: easy available and cheap
- contra:
Tapered roller bearing, U-bracket
- pro: best solution from engineering point of view
- contra: lathe needed for building
Tapered roller bearings, Flevo-style
- pro:
- contra:
Ball bearing
- pro:bearings 6203 fit in frametubes
- contra:
Bronze bushings, Bushing
- pro:
- contra:
Iglidur bushings
- pro:
- contra:
Polyoxymethylene (POM), also known as Delrin
- pro:
- contra:
Headset (bicycle part)
- pro: easy to obtain
- contra: not designed for this type of load (some have very shallow cones), may wear out quickly. An oversized headset (1 1/8") on Martin's 20" python (
) has not yet gotten any problems with wear after some 6000 km and 7 years of riding.
requires more vertical space
Cup and cone bottom bracket, Ball bearing
- pro:
- contra: wears out very fast - do not use!:
