Glad you found a reasonable option, Colonel. And, that's good info for us all Thanks!

For the record, here is a catalog page showing their "preferred" set up which would be a 113 mm symmetrical spindle for a Pista crank. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/...28fda425_b.jpg

Contrary to their advice (for genuine Stronglight spindles, at least), I've used Shimano UN series sealed BBs for both Stronglight 93 & TA 5-pin cranks with double chainrings and have been fine with just 113 mm spindles on these cartridge sets - with offsets - where the original BBs would have used 118 mm spindles.

On the other hand... I have had issues using a TA Cyclo-Cross chainring on a 5-pin TA crank. I used what one would assume to be the perfect vintage TA #344 (double) axle. But in that case, the inner chainring guard was moved so close to the chainstay that it was pressing against it (with a 48t single ring and correct diameter guards) making almost any rotation of the crank virtually impossible.

Just goes to show, you can't second guess what may actually WORK for a given bike.