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Old 08-28-07 | 09:56 AM
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Landgolier
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Several of us with wheelbuilding experience have looked over the bicyclewheels.com wheels and found them to be rock solid, I think they're as good as anything you'd get without it being a custom build.

The newer RD's have a 45mm chainline on their 103 BB, this is any of them stamped RD2R on the right crank. You can verify this on the sugino web site. Getting a good chainline requires a longer BB and putting the ring on the inside, unless you're comfortable putting a spacer under your cog. Also, keep in mind if you do this that with 1/8" chainrings the difference between the inner and outer positions is 6mm, not the standard road double 5mm. A 107 BB therefore gives you a 41mm chainline, (45mm + 2mm farther out - 6mm in), you can either put a spacer under that for 42 or 43mm chainline, or get a 110 bottom bracket, which is like a 107 with 3mm added on the right, and have a 44mm chainline. Being that most cogs are actually closer to 7mm wide now, 44mm really isn't bad. Also keep in mind that these numbers are not precise, how hard you screw down the crank bolt will introduce some slop (hint: use a torque wrench), and frame alignment affects chainline as well.

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