vintage bike help please?
11-10-12, 04:05 PM
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vintage bike help please?
i couldn't find a post on vintage bikes and wanted to ask a few questions if anybody knows anything about vintage bikes.
so i have a 1960s viking gold star i have looked all over the net for its bottom bracket size and wounder if there was a stock size for these bikes? i need to replace the bottom bracket so i can fit my new crank witch takes a square taper axle and the required bottom bracket for the crank is 110mm i dont want to order any old bottom bracket and it doesn't fit the bike. please please help me out or if anyone has the bike specs i would much appreciate it! i will try add pictures but i don't think its going to work
so i have a 1960s viking gold star i have looked all over the net for its bottom bracket size and wounder if there was a stock size for these bikes? i need to replace the bottom bracket so i can fit my new crank witch takes a square taper axle and the required bottom bracket for the crank is 110mm i dont want to order any old bottom bracket and it doesn't fit the bike. please please help me out or if anyone has the bike specs i would much appreciate it! i will try add pictures but i don't think its going to work
11-10-12, 04:08 PM
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There's a vintage forum, where you can probably find a better answer.
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Measure bottom bracket width. 70= Italian. 68= French or English.
Remove drive side cup. Lefty loosey/righty tighty = French. Other way around equals English (drive side cup is reverse threaded).
There are a couple of other options, but they are fairly obscure or unlikely. It is possible someone with more experince with this brand will read this posting; even better if it gets moved to C&V regular as opposed to the valuation forum. Mods, he's not asking for a valuation, and there's a heck of a lot more traffic on the regular C&V board, so feel free to move it (again).
Remove drive side cup. Lefty loosey/righty tighty = French. Other way around equals English (drive side cup is reverse threaded).
There are a couple of other options, but they are fairly obscure or unlikely. It is possible someone with more experince with this brand will read this posting; even better if it gets moved to C&V regular as opposed to the valuation forum. Mods, he's not asking for a valuation, and there's a heck of a lot more traffic on the regular C&V board, so feel free to move it (again).
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Hi Thatslife, Welcome to C&V. I'm certain the Bottom Bracket (BB) on your Viking is a 68mm 'English' version (see Poguemahone's description above). Therefore you can fit a 110mm square taper English axle in your existing cups and bearings. The drive side cup will have a 'reverse thread'. This means that you turn it clockwise to loosen it.
Lovely old Viking by the way, don't see too many of them around any more.
Lovely old Viking by the way, don't see too many of them around any more.
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Measure bottom bracket width. 70= Italian. 68= French or English.
Remove drive side cup. Lefty loosey/righty tighty = French. Other way around equals English (drive side cup is reverse threaded).
There are a couple of other options, but they are fairly obscure or unlikely. It is possible someone with more experince with this brand will read this posting; even better if it gets moved to C&V regular as opposed to the valuation forum. Mods, he's not asking for a valuation, and there's a heck of a lot more traffic on the regular C&V board, so feel free to move it (again).
Remove drive side cup. Lefty loosey/righty tighty = French. Other way around equals English (drive side cup is reverse threaded).
There are a couple of other options, but they are fairly obscure or unlikely. It is possible someone with more experince with this brand will read this posting; even better if it gets moved to C&V regular as opposed to the valuation forum. Mods, he's not asking for a valuation, and there's a heck of a lot more traffic on the regular C&V board, so feel free to move it (again).
thanks for the help i will give it a go. and im not to sure who moved it or how its moved im new to forums. thanks for the help
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thank you, its had a lot of work done to it but its up and running, it gets moving pretty fast but the bottom bracket has been making a nasty sounds and there a vibration from it so i no i need to replace asap but wasn't sure if the sizes where going to be difficult to change. thanks for everything will let u no on my progress
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+1. Viking was a British brand.
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