bottom bracket info

[cyclerelic]

hello retro bike freaks !!! can someone help me out here i have a orange aluminium o 1991 i have middleburn rs1 cranks sqare taper to go on
i want ia light bottom bracket i have been told by a bike show that i need a 122mm or 127mm size yes ? i have been looking a a few b.b. i like the look of ta light titanium or cro mo or a royce but thats a bit to much cash did hope used to do sqare taper b.b. any other makes thanks or secondhand be good

 

[one-eyed_jim]

TA Axix Light (steel) any good to you?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0244638344

(not mine)

 

[cyclerelic]

bottom bracket

ah yes i am watching this ...will a 68mm be ok for my old orange ? thanks so much i dont have much luck on evilbay tho ...

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Re: bottom bracket

will a 68mm be ok for my old orange?

I don't know whether your orange is 68 or 73mm, but you can use internal spacers (available as spares from TA) to adapt an Axix BB to either width.

 

[stew-b]

just measure the bootom bracket shell length.

 

[cyclerelic]

cheers

will try it out thanks for your help