yeah but i don't think it is a symmetrical spindle.. i think they are offset to favor the driveside, perhaps by one millimeter.?. so it might be more like ((112-108)/2)-1 leaving one measley millimeter
anyway, i don't know i am of the 'whateva workx' camp but i am always interested in spindle/taper talk since it seems to be SUCH A HUGE MESS
andrei padlowski meeting maximum post quota and signing off in glen ridge, nj
On 10/7/07, htravis@attglobal.net <htravis@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> -oOo-
> ok, i just mounted a pair of superbe pro cranks (the first version, i
> think, with 144mm bcd) on a campy double bb.. i believe the spindle was
> 113mm.. it clears the driveside chainstay by about 3-4mm...
> had i used the correct 108mm spindle as spec'd, it seems like the
> cranks would've been awfully close !
>
> andrei padlowski
> glen ridge, nj
>
>
> (113-108)/2 =2.5mm, and you had 3-4mm to play with.
>
> So, what's wrong with close? <smile> (Unless you are knock-kneed).
>
> I had 3-4 mm between a 45 Campy NR ring and the chainstay. That gap
> becasme vast when I swapped the 45t for a 42t after too many years. (My
> pockets are too shallow to fit a minimum-size 41t.)
>
> Harry Travis
> Washington, DC
> USA