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White Industries: what it makes and how it fits
White Industries is an American maker in Petaluma, California, producing cranks, bottom brackets and hubs machined in house and known for durable, rebuildable designs.
About White Industries
White Industries is an American maker in Petaluma, California, producing cranks, bottom brackets and hubs machined in house and known for durable, rebuildable designs.
White Industries makes its own crank and bottom bracket systems, including cranks that run on an external-bearing bottom bracket sized for the common threaded and pressfit shells. Its bottom brackets are widely used as durable replacements on BSA and other threaded frames.
What it makes for your frame
For fitment the choice comes down to the shell standard on your frame and the crank spindle interface, exactly as with any external-bearing system. White Industries publishes the spindle and bottom bracket options so a replacement matches the shell.
The company is chosen where serviceability matters, and its threaded bottom brackets suit riders who prefer a screw-in interface over a pressfit.
Choosing the right part
With White Industries, as with any maker, the frame decides the fitment. Identify your bottom bracket shell and crank spindle, or your headset and seatpost standards, then choose the White Industries part built for that standard.
The fitment tool returns the exact bottom bracket for your shell and crank, including whether it drops in, needs a specific bearing or needs an adapter, so a brand choice never becomes a fitment gamble.
Before buying, measure the shell width face to face and confirm the crank spindle diameter, because a White Industries bottom bracket is chosen by both the shell standard and its road or mountain width. A part that suits one width will not seat correctly in the other, even when the standard name is the same.
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Category | Cranks, bottom brackets, hubs |
| Bottom bracket fit | threaded and pressfit shells |
| Made in | Petaluma, California |
Compiled from manufacturer data and the cited references.
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Sources: List of bicycle part manufacturing companies (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA) ยท Park Tool: Bottom Bracket Standards