Thanks Jay. Typo on my part. 110mm. Then with Phil Wood, seems like 110 isn't an option.....108, 111, 113. Not that I'm ready to drop that kind of cash, but just trying to understand my options.
On Monday, January 21, 2013 12:51:08 PM UTC-8, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: > > Says 110mm, like this one, > http://www.jensonusa.com/Bottom-Brackets/Shimano-UN53-Square-Taper-BB > $10 > > On Jan 21, 10:42 pm, Dave <davele...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Looks like I've got some reading/learning to do in terms of bottom > > brackets. "All riv's take a 100mm with the Sugino XD-2 crank" is what > > rivbike says on their $40 cartridge bb page. Then looking at Phil Wood > > bb's on the net there are too many options.... > > > > On Monday, January 21, 2013 12:26:07 PM UTC-8, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A square taper BB is $20. Not a big deal. > > > > > On Jan 21, 10:21 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The geometry is not all that hard to figure out. A few mm of length > > > change > > > > will change your clearance by a few mm. A few degrees of extra lean > > > before > > > > you scrape. Pedal scrapes during a deep lean can be incredibly > > > dangerous. > > > > > > In my opinion, it is much more important to have the right length > for > > > > pedalling than it is to have the right length for max turning > clearance. > > > I > > > > ride 172.5mm on all my bikes and when I ride my wife's Betty areound > the > > > > block, the 165mm arms on there feel like a midget bike to me. Alot > of > > > the > > > > fixie crowd run 165's to promote spinning, but on a geared bike, my > > > > instinct tells me that 165s would be a mistake. Narrow width > platform > > > > pedals, like the grip kings, could make more of a difference than > > > crankarm > > > > length, if you want to experiment more affordably. > > > > > > There's a semi-famous Greg Lemond quote about pedal clearance. He > said > > > "if > > > > you think you need to pedal through a corner, you weren't going fast > > > enough > > > > into the turn". That's from a purely racer perspective. > > > > > > On Monday, January 21, 2013 11:33:47 AM UTC-8, Dave wrote: > > > > > > > Hey hey, > > > > > Question about crank length and possible change. I'm riding a 59 > > > bleriot > > > > > protovelo that I bought used with a 175mm shimano 105 cranks on > it. > > > The > > > > > pedal strike I get is kind of avoidable,but still present > frequently. > > > > > I've tried the mks stream pedals that it came with, along with the > > > gr-9 > > > > > platform pedals. With toe clips, they strike the ground if > moving > > > the > > > > > bike without my feet in them. Any hard turns are problematic if > you > > > need > > > > > to pedal through. > > > > > > > How much difference do you think moving to 165mm sugino xd2 cranks > > > would > > > > > provide? I'm not sure of the Q factor on the shimano cranks, or > how > > > new > > > > > cranks would work with my bottom bracket (not entirely sure what's > in > > > > > there)....so not sure if any of these questions can be answered. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/RQhIUxWw1EcJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
