Top Caps

Enhance Your Performance With a BMX Top Cap

A BMX top cap, the screw situated at the summit of your fork and just beyond the headset, might easily be overlooked, yet it holds significant importance. Its role is not only to compress your fork and stem against your frame's headtube but also to secure your headset, ensuring fluid bar rotations.

Top caps have various names including BMX compression bolt, compression cap, and BMX fork bolt. These terms are interchangeable and describe the same component. Typically crafted from aluminium, BMX top cap bolts are designed to keep your bike light.

When choosing a top cap, compatibility with your fork is essential. The crucial detail is the thread size, which is detailed in our product descriptions and specification section.

Guidelines for Installing and Removing Top Caps

The process of installing or removing a top cap is quite simple. To replace one, start by loosening the stem bolts with a 6 or 8 mm Allen key. After doing this, use an appropriately sized Allen key to unscrew the existing top cap and fit the new one. Ensure it is tightened securely for a robust configuration.

Interested in further upgrades for your bike? Explore our selection of BMX Forks.