Re: [CR]Chainstay length now Bottom Bracket height...Oh No! Not Again...

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From: "Tony Rentschler" <w.rentschler@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Chainstay length now Bottom Bracket height...Oh No! Not Again...
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:59:42 -0400
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


On Aug 13, 2004, at 8:48 AM, Tom Sanders wrote:
> After seeing that I had been measuring Chainstays wrong, I am now
> wondering about bottom bracket height. I have been measuring from the
> ground to the bottom of the bottom bracket shell. It now occurs to me
> that perhaps I should be measuring to the center of the axle.

Yes, measure from the ground to the center of the bottom bracket spindle to get the bb height. Measure from a horizontal line running through the centers of the wheel axles to the bb spindle to get the bottom bracket "drop."

Tony Rentschler
New York, NY