What happened:
I went to my lbs ask asked them to remove the bottom bracket from my Mercian and to put it in my Raleigh Royal. I had presumed both were a regular 68mm British bottom bracket.
What they said:
After they removed the bb they said the Mercian was in fact a 66mm bb not a 68mm bb and therefore the bottom bracket they took out wouldn't fit in the Raleigh.
Fine.
However when I got home I had a look at the bottom bracket they took out, and it says R - 68.
Which suggests to me it's a 68mm bottom bracket.
As such such would suggest it would fit in the Raleigh, and the Mercian is in fact a 68mm.
Are they wrong? Or am I missing something.
Normally I'm wrong and the lbs are right but it seems strange to me.
Picture of the bb in question are below.
Any ideas?
I went to my lbs ask asked them to remove the bottom bracket from my Mercian and to put it in my Raleigh Royal. I had presumed both were a regular 68mm British bottom bracket.
What they said:
After they removed the bb they said the Mercian was in fact a 66mm bb not a 68mm bb and therefore the bottom bracket they took out wouldn't fit in the Raleigh.
Fine.
However when I got home I had a look at the bottom bracket they took out, and it says R - 68.
Which suggests to me it's a 68mm bottom bracket.
As such such would suggest it would fit in the Raleigh, and the Mercian is in fact a 68mm.
Are they wrong? Or am I missing something.
Normally I'm wrong and the lbs are right but it seems strange to me.
Picture of the bb in question are below.
Any ideas?