themaaslands@comcast.net wrote:
> Charles asked, among other things about Campagnolo BB's:
>
> "It was only the early Super Record that used the
> different bearing size, right?"
>
> Actually, Campagnolo started with 1/4" balls, then switched to 3/16" balls in about 1963 for perhaps a year and then back to 1/4" balls once again. The 3/16" balls reappeared in the second generation Super Record titanium spindle BB. I believe this was a technical requirement brought about by the need to reinforce the titanium as the original female version was shown to be subject to breakage.
Was it 3/16" or 7/32"? I thought it was 7/32" in the Super Record BB. But with my brain cells dying at the rate of millions a day, who knows?
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