Re: [CR]chainline difference between pista & strada

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PX-10LE)

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Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 14:49:25 -0400
To: "Kyle Robson" <kyledr@gmail.com>, shop@cyclart.com
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]chainline difference between pista & strada
cc: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Kyle Robson wrote:
>But if you use a 111mm bottom bracket, which is the most common among
>vintage track bottom brackets that I've seen, I think it would give
>you close to 42mm chainline using the outer chainring position.

Could be, but you would likely need to file off the inner shelves of the spider to give you chainstay clearance with most frames.

Sheldon "Too Much Work" Brown

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