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Old 09-05-23, 10:58 AM
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choddo
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New crankset, Q factor, axle??

Hi all

I’ve taken off this old square taper prowheel crank



This is the new Claris RS200 crank - you can see the chainrings are mounted outboard of the crank, compared to the old one.



I’m guessing I don’t solve this by having the front mech waving out to the right but need a shorter axle? It’s a 68x119 on there now.

Is there a way to figure out what length axle I should replace it with? The fd cage almost seems to be aligned with the small ring when it’s shifted to the large. At the same time, it doesn’t look like I have a lot of margin to play with between the crank and the BB shell. This isn’t a road vs MTB crank design incompatibility is it?
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