[CR]Zeus 2000 Ti BB -- ball info -- from the horse's mouth

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Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:43:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: "brad stockwell" <brdstockwell@yahoo.com>
Subject: [CR]Zeus 2000 Ti BB -- ball info -- from the horse's mouth
To: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <44C231EB.9030908@new.rr.com>


Zeus Bearing Fans:

The Zeus site on Wool Jersey has some relevant catalog pages on the crankset, the bottom bracket, and the bearings (click twice on the picture to get the full resolution):

(http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/1977zeus/77_103_06crankset_2000)

(http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/1977zeus/77_103_09bracket_2000)

(http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/1977zeus/77_103_26bearings_grease)

Brad Stockwell Palo Alto

John Thompson <JohnThompson@new.rr.com> wrote: I recently acquired a couple Zeus 2000 Ti BB sets -- cups and spindles, anyway. What size and number of balls do these take? A standard, Campy-type 11 1/4" ball retainer rides too high on the spindle, as does the common 10 1/4"ball retainer. Are these like the Campy Ti BBs that use 14 3/16" balls? Or something else entirely?

My 3rd/4th Edition Sutherland's has no info on these. :-(

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org) Appleton WI USA _______________________________________________

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