They might have changed the design in 10 years since about 1973.
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 5:22 PM, verktyg <verktyg@aol.com> wrote:
> The spindle length for Stronglight cranksets (double & 68mm bottom bracket
>> width) is 118mm. The 120mm was meant for road doubles with 70mm bottom
>> bracket shells.
>>
>
> Chuck Brooks
>> Malta, NY NEUSA
>>
>
> Hi Chuck,
>
> I always thought that too but... Sutherland's 5th Edition lists 121mm wide
> Stronglight spindles for Peugeot doubles and 126mm wide to triples!
>
> I've seen several other references to Peugeots using 120mm wide BB spindle
> too, but why?
>
> 2mm is not going to make that much difference!
>
> I have a 1983 Peugeot PSV-10 and sure enough, it has a 120mm wide
> Stronglight BB!
>
> Is it wrong, or just French!
>
> Chas. Colerich
> Oakland, CA USA
>
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