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Originally Posted by thyvillageidiot

Hello,
Just got into bike building and already have run into trouble: the Compy Veloce crank (recently purchased) does not seem to fit properly onto the Sugino bottom bracket (came with the frame). The right side clearly is further away from the frame than the left side.
Is the spacing on the right side too great?

Thanks for the help,
Mitch

I'm less concerned with the spacing and more with the fact that you're putting an ISO taper crank on a JIS taper spindle. This should work, but the crank will sit farther out on the spindle than if you had the correct ISO BB installed. Here's what the late, great Sheldon Brown said on the subject: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/bbtaper.html

Jeff

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