Hi Mark,
Thanks for the info, but please refer to the Campy 1982 catalogue Pg 32... it lists a "744/1 Triple chainring cotterless spindle" which uses the same cups as a NR spindle listed directly below the triple spindle.
Regards, Steve Neago
Cincinnati, OH
>
> Steve Neago writes:
> >
> > I am trying to find a decent Campy Triple BB for a post 1978
> > crank set. The length of the axle must exceed 121mm...
>
> Bicycle Classics lists them at http://www.bicycleclassics.com/
>
> Strictly speaking, what you need is a Record BB, not Nuovo. Nuovo Record
> BBs were like the earlier Record except for the thicker cups with the
> "knurled" or "rifled" opening for the axle, and the axles have the cones
set
> narrower due to the thick cups. Campy never made a NR triple, same with
> track - Record only.
>
> (Maybe you knew all this; a lot of people say NR when they mean old Record
> to avoid confusion with the newer version of Record.)
>
> So you need an old Record triple axle and a pair of Record (thin) cups.
>
> If other brands will do, you have lots of choices, but be sure to get a
> heavily asymmetrical axle, longer on the right. Most axles in that length
> nowadays (since maybe '85?) are symmetrical, and thus won't be long enough
> on the right. They will also put your left crank out in left field, which
> will work but looks dumb!
>
> Again, apologies for the lecture if you already knew all this.
>
> Mark Bulgier
> Seattle, Wa
> USA