Bottom Bracket help please....

[Tubby Geoff]

Dear All,

In the process of restoring an old Gillott road bike and converting to fixed gear. I've hit a slight issue which I hope you may be able to help with.

The frameset already has an old TA BB fitted with square tapered axle. However, I've got a rather nice Williams C1200 chain/crankset that i'd like to use so i'll need a cottered axle.

Can I keep the existing BB and simply swap the axle for a cottered one or will I need to swap out the whole lot?

In addition, how do I go about measuring for a new axle? I've seen a number of vintage axles on Ebay but have no idea what length I need.

Finally, if I decided I couldn't be ar*ed to do all this myself and wanted an expert to do it for me; who might I approach? (within, say, a couple of hours drive from Newbury, Berks...)

Any help greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Tubby Geoff

 

[bm0p700f]

The one time I tried replacing a cottered axle with a cotterless one the cotterless axle did not fit properly even though it was for the right shell size.

so it might or might not work. Sorry I cannot be of any more help.

I might have a cottlerless axle you can try though. I am sure I ordered some.