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Old 04-28-09 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by evwxxx
T-Mar - How can you tell it is a 3 degree taper? The "3K" designation is one of the sizes for JIS spindles shown on Sheldon's BB interchangibilty page, (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/bbsize.html#square)but he does not reference anything other than 2 degree spindles there?!?!

I have this same question. Although, sometimes you can tell by looking at how "rounded" the angles on the square-taper is. Or, its "stubbiness"
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