Originally Posted by jacobs
Good luck ever getting the original cups to work with a new spindle, it's usually nearly impossible when the original cranks were cottered. The French Sugino cups aren't in production any more, and are almost impossible to find. The TA cups, a Phil, or a chamfered/threadless BB are your options.
I have an almost new (25 miles tops, 1 install) set of the TA French threaded BB cups. I'll let them go for $40, let me know if you're interested! Spindles are readily available.
forgive me if i'm
still a little dense on the matter... but i just want to clarify: you say spindles are readily available if i go with the TA bb cups. how available and how diverse would my final options be regarding the spindle, crank-arms, and pedals?
Originally Posted by Poguemahone
... the Shimano UN72 bottom brackets, which will work with a set of Phil Wood rings... I kid you not
so... that shimano UN72 bottom bracket... i can get that to work phil wood retaining rings? tell me more about those? maybe i'm a dork, but i'm having a hard time finding them? can you explain how they work?
EDIT: so i took a closer look, and this phil wood/shimano un72 combo looks like a really good option. are there any objections to this route i'm not seeing? it looks like i can get french-threaded rings for like $40, and the un72 for like $15... i don't think that's too bad. and i can get all kinds of cranks and pedals and stuff, right? are there any performance issues with this set up? any reason to not do it this way?