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Shimano BB-RS500 Bottom Bracket

What the checker says199will not fit

Run variant by variant through the gravel bike builder’s own engine. Every sentence below is the checker’s, unedited. Nothing here says this part fits your bike; it says what it does and does not fit among the parts we hold.

Checked against 851 verified gravel bike parts in this catalog. 792 produced no finding of any kind; that is BB-RS501. BB-RS500-PB clears 770. Each variant produces 59 to 81 distinct errors and 0 distinct warnings.

Will not fit

    Rg bb shell, Frame. 136 more findings from the same check, on up to 1 of the 74 verified frames each.

    Rg bb spindle, Crankset. 63 more findings from the same check, on up to 1 of the 33 verified cranksets each.

    Open a variant in the builder to see the ones that apply to your own parts.

    The checker compares the dimensions listed in what we check, and what we don’t. “No conflicts found” means no conflict among those dimensions — not a guarantee that a build works. Errors mean it won’t fit; warnings mean it works but check; infos are notes.

    $22.00 to $28.00 MSRP·71 to 93 g

    What the maker states

    Shell
    Fits a bsa-road bottom-bracket shell (on 2 of 3 variants); Fits a bb86 bottom-bracket shell (on 1 of 3 variants)
    Spindle
    Takes a 24mm-road crank spindle

    A value shown as a set or a range differs between this model’s variants and is never one variant’s spec.

    3 verified variants

    VariantShellPrice (MSRP)WeightSourceLast checkedBuild
    BB-RS500Fits a bsa-road bottom-bracket shell$25.0092 gmaker’s page2026-08-15Build with this
    BB-RS501Fits a bsa-road bottom-bracket shell$28.0093 gmaker’s page2026-08-15Build with this
    BB-RS500-PBFits a bb86 bottom-bracket shell$22.0071 gmaker’s page2026-08-15Build with this
    Source

    Source: each variant links the maker’s own page in the table above. Last checked 2026-08-15.

    Checked against

    The checker ran this model against every verified part below that it has a slot for, the same way it checks a build in the builder. What follows is the verdict it actually produced for that specific pairing — not a recommendation, and not a guarantee any of these parts fits your own bike.

    6 of 498 counterparts with a page of their own that the checker actually probed this model against, in alphabetical order by brand and model — never by price, popularity or the verdict itself.

    Where this sits

    Shimano BB-RS500 is the first model on that list.Next: Shimano SM-BB52All Shimano bottom bracketsOpen a variant in the builder to see the ones that apply to your own parts