Am I right in assuming that the Nuovo Gran Sport bottom-bracket spindle will work with the older thin-cup Record cups? Nuovo Gran Sport bottom-brackets I've seen (I have one in front of me), have thin cups, so I assume the spindle would work with the older thin cups too. Is that in fact the case?
A related question: what markings do you generally see on the older Record spindles? How do you know, short of measuring the bearing-shoulder width, whether a Record spindle is for thin cups or thick cups just by the markings on the item..or do you have to measure?
Thin or thick, both bottom-brackets used the same bearings, right? It was only the early Super Record that used the different bearing size, right?
Thanks for any help. I can't believe how difficult it is proving to acquire one of those old spindles..I have a triple, but I kinda don't wanna use it for this project.
Thanks!
Charles Andrews SoCal
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