Re: [CR]Suntour taper is for real...gotta axle for sale?

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From: <RaleighPro531@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Suntour taper is for real...gotta axle for sale?
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 19:46:21 EST

In a message dated 12/2/2002 7:33:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, warbetty@sympatico.ca writes:


> Just a comment on the Suntour Superbe proprietary taper. It has been
> suggested that it is of little consequence. I beg to differ.
>
> I just went to mount a Suntour Sprint crankset on the SR Pro-AM
> frame I'm building up (thanks Jim Narlesky for the catalogue pics).
> The frame came with a Sugino BB/axle and an SR AX crank. The Sprint
> crankset ended up wedged about 3/8" out from where it's "normal"
> position would be. Far from the Cyclone front derailleur's outer
> range of movement and showing about a half inch of the taper of the
> axle round the back. Not good. Maybe I could find an shorter axle
> but I wouldn't be happy about the amount surface contact between the
> axle/crankset or the crank bolts for that matter.
>
>

In one of the later Sutherland's I believe it mentions using a later Campy bottom bracket on Superbe Pro. (and Sprint) The early Superbe's were Campy 144 bc clones weren't they? A quick search finds some old postings that should help you out. http://catfood.phred.org/?SearchString=Superbe%20Pro%20bottom%20bracket

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA