Thanks for all the great info. I will read through and decide if I can actually move the spindle Otherwise, I may be asking some of you for your old BB's and putting a really odd size titanium Phil BB up here for sale Jason
On Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 11:04:14 PM UTC-4, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > I'm in Oaxaca right now and won't be home for another week, but I do have > a good PW 121 sitting on my bench which I would be happy to sell. > > Michael > > On Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 11:22:19 AM UTC-4, jandrews_nyc wrote: >> >> Hi >> I purchased a Protovelo web special a couple of years ago and built it up >> as a fast light bike. >> Here it is: >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vZWoW06DQfE/VSaXoOBBp4I/AAAAAAAAAdA/k8Kaj7wDx40/s1600/IMG_5589.JPG> >> >> I had an almost new Sram Apex mini-group and and old set of really nice >> A.T. crank arms. >> I purchased some TA rings off the group for them. >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GpeprbBnns0/VSaXtWZz6iI/AAAAAAAAAdI/T7jYO164sO4/s1600/IMG_5662.JPG> >> >> So, these A.T. cranks originally required a long off-set spindle. I >> purchased a Phil BB to go with it that was offset and adjustable but >> apparently I didn't really measure correctly or accurately enough. In >> order to get a good chainline, the BB cups aren't seated perfectly in the >> shell. >> I think I have just over 5mm of cup thread showing on the drive side. >> According to the Phil instructions, "*If more than 5mm of thread is >> visible, this cartridge may be inappropriate for the frame and crank arm"*, >> I may need to find another solution. >> But... >> I've riden the bike pretty hard and it feels OK. >> >> From looking at this photos, can anyone advise if this needs to be >> replaced? I don't want take an unnecessary risk. >> Non Drive side: >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XBQ_TCJzHFo/VSaY0_wRGSI/AAAAAAAAAdU/eEnCWGJ-l9I/s1600/IMG_5661.JPG> >> And the scary Drive side: >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bEuVdOkmTOI/VSaY6L8kslI/AAAAAAAAAdc/ydz6y-rht8c/s1600/IMG_5660-2.JPG> >> thanks in advance >> JS >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
