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Old 01-21-12 | 09:06 AM
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HillRider
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From: Pittsburgh, PA

Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

One thing to look out for on your bike; was the current spindle factory installed "backwards" (i.e. with the longer end toward the non-drive side) in the cups? I had a '93 Trek 7000 MTB that came with a Tange cup-and-cone bb and the spindle had to be installed in reverse of normal to let the nds crank arm clear the nds chainstay. When I replace the OEM bb with a UN-XX cartridge, I had to go to a 127.5 mm (the longest offered) to get both crank arms to clear.
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