Re: [CR]RE:Mavic BB tapers

(Example: Production Builders:Teledyne)

From: <Philcycles@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:18:05 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]RE:Mavic BB tapers
To: Grant.McLean@SportingLife.ca, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 6/27/2 6:52:23 PM, Grant.McLean@SportingLife.ca writes:
>Unfortunately, someone got real happy with the cutter, and went way further
>
>than a 2mm taper, and actually reduced the shell width to about 65mm.
>The
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>right side is not too bad, the fixed cup will hold, but the left side was
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>sharpened to a point, and the lockring has flanged the shell to the point
>it
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>is very visible, and the lock ring threads very far onto the cup.

Have it faced slightly to put a flat on it and if the cosmetics of having a lot of thread showing bothers you put a spacer in. The drive side is where the width of the shell matters and, again, if you need to install a spacer to
get the correct chainline.
Phil Brown
NoHo, Ca