[CR] Fw: Re: Touring Set-up: Stronglight 99 Triple and Campy BB?

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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:31:34 -0700
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Fw: Re: Touring Set-up: Stronglight 99 Triple and Campy BB?



--- On Wed, 8/12/09, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:


> From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>

\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Touring Set-up: Stronglight 99 Triple and Campy BB?

\r?\n> To: "Matthew 'Devotion' Bowne" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>

\r?\n> Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 9:23 PM

\r?\n> Campy BB's don't usually work well

\r?\n> with Stronglight or TA cranks, as the taper length and taper

\r?\n> angle are different.  The mod 99 will work with

\r?\n> Stronglight, TA or Japanese JIS (usually found on mid-priced

\r?\n> Japanese cranks) BB's with the appropriate length axle (or

\r?\n> Phil BB's).  A Campy FD works fine with a triple. 

\r?\n> I have two or three bikes witha triple cranks and Rally RD,

\r?\n> including the Arthur Caygill I rode to work today. 

\r?\n> Perhaps the Rally might not wrap quite as much chain as a

\r?\n> Duopar, but it works well with most triples as well as wide

\r?\n> range doubles.  The Rally may be the best classic era

\r?\n> touring RD, which always amazes me, since Campy In The Day

\r?\n> was totally clueless in regard to touring except for this

\r?\n> one product.  Almost like an alien landed in Vincenza,

\r?\n> designed this one product, then took off again for

\r?\n> Mars.  Wonderful RD, totally out of character for

\r?\n> Campy.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Regards,

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Jerry Moos

\r?\n> Big Spring, Texas, USA

\r?\n>

\r?\n>  

\r?\n>

\r?\n> --- On Wed, 8/12/09, Matthew 'Devotion' Bowne <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>

\r?\n> wrote:

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > From: Matthew 'Devotion' Bowne <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>

\r?\n> > Subject: [CR] Touring Set-up: Stronglight 99 Triple

\r?\n> and Campy BB?

\r?\n> > To: "CR discussion list" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

\r?\n> > Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 2:08 PM

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > Bear with me, gang.  Having never set up a bike for

\r?\n> a

\r?\n> > tour, I'm afraid I have some silly, basic questions.

\r?\n> > For starters:

\r?\n> > I recently came into a Stronglight Mod. 99 triple

\r?\n> crankset

\r?\n> > with "drillium" chainrings...

\r?\n> > I also have in my possession a Campy Record triple BB

\r?\n> > set-up.  Can anybody offer any info as to whether or

\r?\n> > not these two might be compatible?  Will a Campy

\r?\n> front

\r?\n> > derailleur potentially work with this set up as

\r?\n> well? 

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > And now I'll show my real 'noob' colors...:

\r?\n> > Is it common practice to use a triple AND a 'Rally'

\r?\n> rear

\r?\n> > derailleur?  Or is the Rally more commonly used in

\r?\n> > tandem with a double and a gear cluster that is broad

\r?\n> enough

\r?\n> > to accomplish a decent gear range?

\r?\n> > Muchas Gracias,

\r?\n> > Matthew Bowne

\r?\n> > Brooklyn, New York 

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> >

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