Re: [CR]Raleigh International bb spindle

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

From: "r cielec" <teaat4p@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh International bb spindle
To: Michael Murphy <michaelmurphy@mac.com>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <7386C666-0654-11D7-9E4A-00039312C6E4@mac.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 13:01:52 -0800 (PST)

Michael: You mentioned "the first Super Record ensemble to enter the US". What year? Also, you mentioned Campy titanium spindle. In my ignorance, I assumed Campy spindles were steel. I would be interested with installing one to my International. So, the usual stream of questions: these axles currently avail. new, over the counter? how can I identify titanium vs. non-titanium? When approx. when was ti spindle introduced? Richard Cielec Chicago, Illinois

Michael Murphy <michaelmurphy@mac.com> wrote: On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 05:11 PM, r cielec wrote:
> This was the same from 1967-1977, then changed in length to 114.5 from
> 1977-1986 (end of Production of Nuovo & Super Record).
>
> Make sure, though, that you match up spindle and crank arms - the arms
> also changed in mid-1977. You can put an early arm on a late spindle,
> (moves it outboard 1.5mm), but a late arm on an early spindle may
> possibly put the inner 'ring too close to the chainstay.
>

The Raleigh Team Bike I received supposedly had the first Super Record ensemble to enter the US. I had to completely disassemble the bike upon delivery and give a full report to Karl Barton, head of engineering for Raleigh. One of the first things I noticed was that the inner chain ring was barely touching the chain stay. I called Karl and he then called Campagnolo engineering. They replied that the radius of the spider had been changed (the ends of the spider arms were closer to the central movement than before) and that they had not taken that into account in the design of the titanium bb axle. The fix was to place a Sturmey Archer ring spacer under the fixed cup.

The bike came with 32 hole Nisi rims. They were non-ferruled, a dull silver in color, and weighed 260 grams. At the time I thought they might be track rims. I had never seen this model of rim before and never did afterward. I don't remember the model of the rim. Anyone have info on these rims?

Michael Murphy PO Box 6 Paige, Texas 78659 512 825 2048

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