Re: [CR]Suntour Sprint crank taper angle

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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:03:47 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
To: Bianca Pratorius <biankita@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Suntour Sprint crank taper angle
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Bianca Pratorius wrote:
> Because of the rarity factor of Suntour Superbe bottom brackets the
> price of these odd eggs have reached stratuspheric proportions. I have
> actually seen the spindle alone going for 80 bucks in only so so
> condition on Ebay. I have two bikes that have Suntour Superbe cranks but
> only one of them has the Superbe bottom bracket. The other has a Campy
> spindle which provides a slightly different chain line but an acceptable
> fit for the taper.
>
> Recently a friend called me on the phone and told me that his Suntour
> Sprint bottom bracket appears to mate with Superbe crank in an identical
> fashion. Could it possibly be that the Sprint taper was the same as the
> Superbe. His Sprint bottom bracket does not say Suntour on it, but
> instead has the Specialized double flag stamp. What's the deal here? I
> have always heard that the Superbe taper was the only Suntour product
> with this feature.

As far as I know, the Superbe spindle is functionally identical to Campy and the plethora of Campy clones. I know I've mounted a lot of non-Superbe cranks onto Superbe spindles without problems.

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