Originally Posted by
unworthy1
OH, now you done it: opened the big can of worms down in the BB shell!
My speciality! ...opening the big can o' worms.
Originally Posted by
unworthy1
There's got to be few things as arcane and Byzantine as square-taper spindle matching.
I try to always consult Sutherlands and am always amazed to discover new info whenever I re-read the same section, there's much to be gleaned from that tome, young master.
..."old apprentice" would probably be more accurate.
Originally Posted by
unworthy1
The surprising thing is that when you do as Sutherland and ignore what "standard" (and there wasn't much of one) that a spindle might have been built to, the closest matching method shows that there's mainly matches to "Campy" and "JIS" (and it ain't always what you'd assume) and only one brand that they say is a best match to "ISO".
Take a guess.
Did you guess Zeus? I sure didn't! But that's it.
I have a serious weakness for Zeus, but have never dropped the money for a Zeus crankset. The main reason to want one is to have that 36t inner ring. But to find one of those 36t rings, alone, of course, would require sacrifice of first child and other arcane rituals and incantations I no longer remember. sigh.
In general, 'tho, I prefer my cranksets from the 70s. I just likes 'em that way.
Originally Posted by
unworthy1
I suggest reading and re-reading that section of Sutherlands. If you don't have a copy I'll try to find the link to the pdf online version, it's a God-send!
I'll go hunting for it, but posting it here would be helpful for others, too. Thanks!
You, of course, are also one of the few to know about the HW frame I have coming from Norris. Which is to say that darn thing is STILL in his hands. . .
