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10-21-09, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr IGH

Because the external LX BB is made for both 68mm and 73mm, you can play with the washers to set the chainline to either 50mm or 47.5mm. If you have measuring calipers it's not hard to figure it out the correct combo.

Thanks. I found the Shimano Techdocs, looks like I do have some wiggle room. And yeah, have a nice set of Mitutoyo calipers

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