Re: [CR]BCD 119 cranks

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:33:11 -0800 (PST)
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]BCD 119 cranks

If the Zeus BCD is actually 120 then you are in even better shape, just buy NOS stronglight 122 bcd rings from harris cyclery (France is right next to Spain!) and I can vouch as a recent customer that my modern stronglight 122 rings said NOTHING on them other than "38T" and its simpler to file a higher-bcd ring to a lower bcd (as Jerry Moos Points out) then to go in the other direction.

This is a recommended and successful solution for Nervar 128 bcd cranks - buy 130 mm shimano rings and ream out the holes for 128 bcd cranks, with a 1 mm gap all the way around the spider.

Some day I'm gonna manufacture a 5-arm ring with a bunch of score marks - one for each BCD - and a bunch of cross hairs - one for each chainring hole - a file-it / bore-it-yourself-er - that will work with any crank !

We can call them "X-Rings" !!

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA