Re: [CR] vintage Campag BB stuff, was: Colnago DUALL and KOF builds

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Subject: Re: [CR] vintage Campag BB stuff, was: Colnago DUALL and KOF builds
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:32:26 +0000


Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:26:13 -0700 From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com> To: "Jerome & Elizabeth Moos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] Colnago DUALL and KOF builds

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> This project keeps bringing up issues of the transition from O(n)T to
> O(ff)T. I'm trying to find an Italian BB that will work with C-Record arms.
> I believe C-Record double axles were 109 or 111 mm.. Were the early
> Off-Topic Campy BB's, like C-Record, Victory and Triomphe compatible with
> the NR/SR stuff aside from axle length? That is, can you use NR/SR cups
> with a C-Record era axle and vice versa?

C-Record BBs 1985-90 used 3/16" balls 14 per cage, same as Super Record Titanium. Later C-Record used 11 7/32". Virtually all on-topic Campagnolo BBs aside from SR Ti use 11 1/4" balls. No parts using different ball sizes interchange. I'm not sure about Victory/Triomphe though, those might sometimes interchange with older stuff and Victory at least looks to me like full Record quality.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham, Washington USA ------------------------------

As (almost) always, a trip to Sutherland's Fifth (as opposed to Beethoven's!) will sort this out. Pages 3-30 and 3-31 (my two personal favorites, btw), to be specific. Kurt is correct (but don't forget the weird one-year of 1960s Record that used sfere da 3/16"), and I'll add that Croce, Victory, Triomphe, GS, Chorus, Athena, Xenon, Euclid, Centaur, and Olympus (whew!) all used 1/4" bearings. Be careful about 'thick' vs. 'thin' bearing spacing on the spindles and cups, though. Croce used thick (rifled) steel cups, as did Nouvo Record, and the ATB stuff was effectively like a thick-cup BB in most (but not all, of course) cases. Way too much complexity!! Simple, no? :-) Greg "vintage Campag BB nerd" Parker Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA