iirc, the superbe and sprint bb tapers were the same.
fwiw, we used to mix them all the time, mostly using sprint bb's with our supberbe cranks on our racing bikes way back when...
'spiney' norman neville
new haven, ct usa
> Because of the rarity factor of Suntour Superbe
> bottom brackets the
> price of these odd eggs have reached stratuspheric
> proportions. I have
> actually seen the spindle alone going for 80 bucks
> in only so so
> condition on Ebay. I have two bikes that have
> Suntour Superbe cranks
> but only one of them has the Superbe bottom bracket.
> The other has a
> Campy spindle which provides a slightly different
> chain line but an
> acceptable fit for the taper.
>
> Recently a friend called me on the phone and told me
> that his Suntour
> Sprint bottom bracket appears to mate with Superbe
> crank in an
> identical fashion. Could it possibly be that the
> Sprint taper was the
> same as the Superbe. His Sprint bottom bracket does
> not say Suntour on
> it, but instead has the Specialized double flag
> stamp. What's the deal
> here? I have always heard that the Superbe taper was
> the only Suntour
> product with this feature.
>
> Garth Libre in Miami Fl USA
>
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