Thread: Spindle Source?
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Old 03-31-09, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by rahatawa
well shoot. second thought. my problem is i am trying to put sugino rd cranks on this beast and they are bottoming out on the cups before they get tightened (thus longer spindles) is there a crankset with less back spacing that might work? this is a long shot
Funny... I looked up Sugino RD 5-arm cranks on SheldonBrown.com and he says they should use 103mm spindles! How long is your spindle now?

Is it possible you have a spindle with some taper other than the Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS)? What cranks were on it before?
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