Bottecchia fan
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
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Ofmega crank, bottom bracket and spindle compatibility
Here's a question I haven't seen posted before. I'm curious about Ofmega crank, bottom bracket and spindle compatibility. Since my old bike had an Ofmega crank I bought one off eBay recently for my project. And it just so happens that the frame I found has an Ofmega bottom bracket installed. So all was well with the world until I happened to be reading Sheldon's page on spindles and noticed he mentions that older Ofmega cranks used a unique taper that is not compatible with anything else. Well, both my new crank and my new frame with the bottom bracket are still in transit so I can't try them out but now I'm worried. The crank is the one shown below. I have no idea what model or year it might be so I'd like to learn a little more about it. Does know anything about this?
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista