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Bikes: '11 TIME NXR Instinct, '03 De Rosa Planet '79 Paris Sport (Moulton)

Originally Posted by Picchio Special
I was too quick to recommend JIS in my post - my apologies, since it's your money. My understanding, having spent way too much time researching this, is that Campagnolo taper did change slightly at some point (circa early 90's). Whether or not the Campagnolo taper has always been referred to as "ISO" I'm not sure. The earlier Campagnolo taper cranks often work with newer JIS bottom brackets if the cranks have been mounted and used before, which allows them to go further onto the spindle. The Phil Wood BB's for Campagnolo cranks are described as "JIS," but actually are apparently somewhere between JIS and ISO. What this means is that you could face a situation where an older Campagnolo crank may not go far enough onto a JIS taper spindle to properly seat; or it could go too far onto a newer ISO spindle. There are folks who will tell you the taper compatibility issue is overblown, but just as many folks who will tell you it can cause real problems. In any case, this is one of those case-by-case gray areas where some experimentation is the only real answer. So if you're not in an experimental frame of mind, you can either go with an older BB, or wait for a slam-dunk, definitely-gonna-work recommendation for a modern, cheap cartridge BB, either JIS or ISO. Maybe miamijim has one.
Older BB it will be!!
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