Another way to answer the question is that Campagnolo did not make a triple axle for Nuevo Record cups. They made triple axles to fit Record or Gran Sport cups.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 1:20 AM Subject: Re: [CR]Can I find a BB axle to convert campy NR BB to a tripple?
> In a message dated 10/24/2003 12:52:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> NortonMarg@aol.com writes:
> 8:49:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> dankasha@yahoo.com writes:
>
>
> > A friend has an older Schwinn Paramount that he wants to convert to have
a
> > triple crank. He wants to keep the Campy NR BB, and just wants to
replace
> > the axle with a longer one. He plans to use a more modern crank with
it, I
> > suspect non-campy.
> >
> > Does anyone know what axle would be good for this and where to buy one?
> >
>
> If he has (or can get) the old style thin cups (by anyone, doesn't have to
be
> Campy), he can use a Campy triple axle. Provided the tapers are
compatible. I
> may have one, contact me off list if you decide you need one.
> Stevan Thomas
> Alameda, CA
> I was going through a stash of axles this week to dind someone an Italian
> style axle and came upon what might work as well- it was a 68 120 +3
> That was what was called for. Remember, the newer cranks, even though many
> are triple-plateau, use shorter axles because of the arm attachment and
angle.
> Many of today's cranks need a more 'hollowed' type cup to work
>
> Investigate before you invest
> Larry Black
> Mt Airy, Md