Re: [CR]Campy track rings

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Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:05:59 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Campy track rings
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In-Reply-To: <001801c8048f$f61820f0$6602a8c0@Zwerner>
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>


wireglass wrote:
> I am looking for a Campy chain ring close to 42 teeth but the bolt
> distance is 148, which threw the LBS into a posture about how it must be
> custom or machined as a 'one of'. So I'm widening my search. The crank
> arms are 165mm & marked PISTA, otherwise looks like the usual. Anyone
> have any - or any leads.

I'd re-measure, or at least try a ring with a known (e.g. 144mm) BCD. Campy made 151mm and 144mm, but not 148mm. And if it is actually 148mm, a 42T ring will not fit.

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