> From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Touring Set-up: Stronglight 99 Triple and Campy BB?
\r?\n> To: "Matthew 'Devotion' Bowne" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 9:23 PM
\r?\n> Campy BB's don't usually work well
\r?\n> with Stronglight or TA cranks, as the taper length and taper
\r?\n> angle are different. The mod 99 will work with
\r?\n> Stronglight, TA or Japanese JIS (usually found on mid-priced
\r?\n> Japanese cranks) BB's with the appropriate length axle (or
\r?\n> Phil BB's). A Campy FD works fine with a triple.
\r?\n> I have two or three bikes witha triple cranks and Rally RD,
\r?\n> including the Arthur Caygill I rode to work today.
\r?\n> Perhaps the Rally might not wrap quite as much chain as a
\r?\n> Duopar, but it works well with most triples as well as wide
\r?\n> range doubles. The Rally may be the best classic era
\r?\n> touring RD, which always amazes me, since Campy In The Day
\r?\n> was totally clueless in regard to touring except for this
\r?\n> one product. Almost like an alien landed in Vincenza,
\r?\n> designed this one product, then took off again for
\r?\n> Mars. Wonderful RD, totally out of character for
\r?\n> Campy.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Regards,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jerry Moos
\r?\n> Big Spring, Texas, USA
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> --- On Wed, 8/12/09, Matthew 'Devotion' Bowne <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > From: Matthew 'Devotion' Bowne <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> > Subject: [CR] Touring Set-up: Stronglight 99 Triple
\r?\n> and Campy BB?
\r?\n> > To: "CR discussion list" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> > Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 2:08 PM
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Bear with me, gang. Having never set up a bike for
\r?\n> a
\r?\n> > tour, I'm afraid I have some silly, basic questions.
\r?\n> > For starters:
\r?\n> > I recently came into a Stronglight Mod. 99 triple
\r?\n> crankset
\r?\n> > with "drillium" chainrings...
\r?\n> > I also have in my possession a Campy Record triple BB
\r?\n> > set-up. Can anybody offer any info as to whether or
\r?\n> > not these two might be compatible? Will a Campy
\r?\n> front
\r?\n> > derailleur potentially work with this set up as
\r?\n> well?
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > And now I'll show my real 'noob' colors...:
\r?\n> > Is it common practice to use a triple AND a 'Rally'
\r?\n> rear
\r?\n> > derailleur? Or is the Rally more commonly used in
\r?\n> > tandem with a double and a gear cluster that is broad
\r?\n> enough
\r?\n> > to accomplish a decent gear range?
\r?\n> > Muchas Gracias,
\r?\n> > Matthew Bowne
\r?\n> > Brooklyn, New York
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >
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