Sheldon likely used a 115 as his frame had 126mm rear spacing. A 130/135mm rear can use a wider one. What length will also depend on the brand of BB as there are differences in left/right differential between say TA, Phil Wood, Shimano and SKS. Chainline itself anyways isn't limited to any specific numbers despite what anyone may say, a longer or shorter driveside can be used to align certain cogs in the FW/CS with the chainrings depending on a preference. With the UN55's you can always use a 1-2mm driveside spacer if you like. For an Andel triple I installed on my Bombadil I bought both the 115 and 118 UN55 and found the 115 with 2mm spacer was fine. So buy both and decide for yourself ... or just get the 118.
On Monday, September 30, 2019 at 12:58:18 PM UTC-4, Matt D wrote: > Just grabbed a TA Cyclotouriste for my Roadini without overthinking it as > I usually do, price was right and it already had 46/30 rings. Need to order > a BB now, is anyone else running the same or similar setup? I'm fairly sure > 118mm is the right spindle length, that's what VO recommends for their > 46/30 Cyclotouriste clone and this 11 year old RBWOB thread about the > Saluki > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rbw-owners-bunch/TDFwrvs6NbE/veuL3-caG9YJ;context-place=msg/rbw-owners-bunch/By9PK-hqFyg/YwFUZhcFDwAJ> > > recommends the same but Sheldon claims it's 115 > <https://www.sheldonbrown.com/bbsize.html#ta>and that's enough to give me > pause. What do you think - 118 or 115? > > Oh, and would anyone be interested in the BSA threaded TA bottom bracket > it comes with? It's probably the right length but I suppose I just don't > keep it real enough to deal with repacking and adjusting, especially given > the proportion of gravel to road I ride. Haven't got my hands on it yet but > here's a pic from the eBay listing. > <https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-KoAAOSwZwtdgZQ1/s-l1600.jpg> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/30e4e34c-3554-44da-8009-db40bef1cc31%40googlegroups.com.
