Re: [CR] Sugino Stronglight BB Spindle ?

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From: "Andrew R Stewart" <onetenth@earthlink.net>
To: <joeb-z@comcast.net>, "r cielec" <teaat4p@yahoo.com>
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:32:56 -0500
Cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Sugino Stronglight BB Spindle ?


Hey all- Data point: The Sugino "MW=68" spindle I removed from my 1975 Fuji Finest does not have "strong" stamped on it.

I have seen the "strong" stamp/reference on other products and always thought it was one more attempt at marketing that went sort of wrong. (Like the Sun Tour Spirt front der. or the Chevy Nova/nogo).


----- Original Message -----
From: joeb-z@comcast.net
To: r cielec
Cc: Classic Rendezvous
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CR] Sugino Stronglight BB Spindle ?



> Just a guess. The Sugino Mighty axles came both drilled through the center
> and solid. So "Strong" might mean solid. Campy fanatics used to point to
> the Sugino as heavier but it was probably more expensive to do the blind
> bores and threads on the Sugino.
>
> Joe Bender-Zanoni
> Whitneyville, CT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "r cielec" <teaat4p@yahoo.com>
> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:08:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [CR] Sugino Stronglight BB Spindle ?
>
> Ahoy !
> Can anyone identify this bottom bracket spindle, please? Could it be a
> Sugino manufacture for Stronglight cranks? No, it is not recent
> manufacture; has a few years on it.
> Clearly marked "Sugino"
> Clearly marked "68" so, English
> Measures overall 108mm and appears to be symmetrical.
> Now here's the curiousity:
> It is also clearly marked:
> <<STRONG>> (that is double "less than and greater than symbols used to
> paranthetically enclose all caps letters "STRONG")
> Thank you.
> Richard Cielec
> Chicago, Illinois; U.S.A.
>
>
>
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Andrew R Stewart
Rochester, NY