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Old 10-22-17 | 05:21 PM
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Well I toyed with the idea of just going with a Phil Wood BB, but I think I'll go with the chase and face route. The only down side to that is the time involved to get it done. Only other time I've had it done around here was with my Tommasini frame - involved two trips up to Charlottesville, 1hr 20 minutes away. Anyway I did a little experiment today. I tried a cup and cone Campy BB, tightened it down until it binded, backed it off. No play in the spindle but the adjustable cup stuck out more threads than I'm used to seeing - I just hand tightened the fixed cup too. I tried it with the spindle in both ways as it might be asymmetric without any real difference. Tried again with two adjustable cups (benefits of being a Campy hoarder) and got pretty much the same result. Makes me think a PW BB wouldn't make a difference in this case.
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