Re: [CR] Nervar Crank Questions

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From: <gpvb1@comcast.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Nervar Crank Questions
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:02:04 +0000



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From: Mark Stonich

> At 2/25/2008 04:01 AM +0000, gpvb1@comcast.net wrote:
> >I think there is (still) an awful lot of confusion out there
> >regarding Campagnolo BBs. Prior to 1993, Campagnolo used JIS-tapered
> >spindles, just like virtually everyone else did
>
> Greg,
> A few minutes with an assortment of modern JIS and old Campi cranks
> and spindles will show you that if the older Campis weren't ISO they
> sure as heck weren't JIS either. What may be confusing you is that
> some of the better old Japanese cranks, like Sugino Mighty, were
> Campi compatible instead of JIS. Come to think of it the Sugino 75
> Track crank still is.
>
>
> Mark Stonich;
> BikeSmith Design & Fabrication
> 5349 Elliot Ave S. - Minneapolis. MN 55417
> Ph. (612) 824-2372 http://bikesmithdesign.com
> http://mnhpva.org
> Mark: Are you saying that a current-production JIS Phil Wood BB won't work with any vintage Campagnolo crank, for example? I don't 'get' it. Greg Parker Ann Arbor, Michigan