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Old 10-27-07 | 09:55 AM
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Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione

Originally Posted by zarpak5
well i havn't even put a chain on it yet. Basically i've got the BB and Crank it came with and i bought a second hand track wheelset. I used a bit of string to determine whether the chainline would be straight and it isn't at all!!

When you say measure the chainline, how do you mean? can i do it without putting a chain on? It seems that the hub is too narrow!! even if i tried to space the sprocket, there wouldn't be enough thread!

but i'm guessing loads of people do this, so there must be a way?
You can get a new rear wheel build on a wider hub like a miche. Or get a shorter BB and move everything inwards from teh crankside. I dealt with my chainline problem by redishing the wheel out as far as I could to the right and getting shortest possible BB without having the crank or chainring hit the chainstay
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