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    More power and longer life… should you be getting your frame faced?

    Jul 02, 2020 3 minutes

    Facing is, put simply, the process of removing excess material from your bike frame.

    Closely related is reaming – cleaning out or enlarging a hole – and tapping, which is the process of cleaning out a thread or recutting a new thread.

    A mechanic will apply this process to any part of the frame or fork which needs to be mated to a component: head tubes, stems, disc brake mounts, bottom brackets.

    It’s not necessarily expensive – we were quoted between £45 and £100 for a facing,

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