>>1872725It's usually the first component that babby cyclists learn about when their repair and maintenance consciousness expands past changing a tire or replacing a stretched chain. It's not clear as to why but history has shown this to be the case. As a result it's sort of the god of the gaps of troublesome maintenance issues.
Weird creaking noise? Bottom bracket
Weird clicking noise? Bottom bracket
Weird grinding noise? Bottom bracket
Need to gain a few watts? Bottom bracket
First part to upgrade from claris to ultegra? Bottom bracket
Want to make a clickbait youtube video for redpilled STEM types? Bottom bracket
Problems with alienation and modernity/economic anxiety/critical race theory and postmodernity/BLM anteefuh terrorists/LGBT groomers/the masculinity crisis/pretty girls don't like you/ron paul didn't make anime real? Bottom bracket
People who actually ride quickly learn that the BB is completely irrelevant, in fact a good way to improve the signal to noise ratio in internet bike discussions is to simply ignore anyone who mentions bottom brackets and any discussions on the topic because no useful information can be found there, only dunning krugerism
