Originally Posted by
3alarmer
I have at least one of the Avocet triples here. The smallest ring is mounted on holes that are drilled and tapped into the spider arms. I imagine a lot of them have broken by now, because this seems to be asking those aluminum spider arms to do an awful lot considering the amount of material in their cross section. I don't recall what it took in terms of spindle length, but I decided to run it without the smallest ring anyway. I just used the spindle that came with it on the bicycle it was on.
I have an Avocet triple I used on my wife's bike. It held up fine for many years, but she doesn't punish her equipment.
The spindle measures 124mm end to end, and has an ISO taper.