Re: [CR] Touring Set-up: Stronglight 99 Triple and Campy BB

Hey Matthew,

I'm pretty much a "noob" too, but I have set up a few bikes for touring.? You definitely need a Rally or other long cage rear derailleur.? You need the long cage to take up the chain when on the small chainring and still have enough chain for the larger combinations.? I put a 99 triple on a 77 Grand Jubile? http://velospace.org/node/17506 My forty dollar bike with a hundred dollar crank :)? The bike already had a long cage rear, I think it's a simplex, and the stock bottom bracket worked fine too.? One thing to consider with the triple bottom bracket, it will put the big chainring pretty far from center and the front derailleur may not have that much travel.? My stock front derailleur works, although when on the small chainring I have to be on a larger freewheel cog or it will drag on the front derailleur.? I'm ok with that since when climbing I generally want to be on the small ring, big rear cog.? Lastly, I thought campy spindles had different tapers that only worked with campy cranks,? but maybe someone with more knowledge can address that.? Good luck with your project, I must say I do love the look of my 99.

John Guerry,

Ballwin, MO, US

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Message: 3 Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:08:35 -0400 From: Matthew 'Devotion' Bowne <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com> Subject: [CR] Touring Set-up: Stronglight 99 Triple and Campy BB? To: CR discussion list <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Message-ID: <COL113-W43B5D336A1D794037B57D1F5040@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Bear with me, gang. Having never set up a bike for a tour, I'm afraid I have some silly, basic questions. For starters: I recently came into a Stronglight Mod. 99 triple crankset with "drillium" chainrings... I also have in my possession a Campy Record triple BB set-up. Can anybody offer any info as to whether or not these two might be compatible? Will a Campy front derailleur potentially work with this set up as well? And now I'll show my real 'noob' colors...: Is it common practice to use a triple AND a 'Rally' rear derailleur? Or is the Rally more commonly used in tandem with a double and a gear cluster that is broad enough to accomplish a decent gear range? Muchas Gracias, Matthew Bowne Brooklyn, New York