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Old 12-05-11 | 11:10 AM
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Technical Question Victory Bottom Bracket

I have a Campy Victory bottom bracket (mid to late 80's I guess) which I inspected this morning and the spindle length measures about 108 to 109 mm. I looked at the old listing where I bought it and the listing indicated the spindle length was 110. I want to use this with a double crankset. Can this be done or is this spindle length strictly for a triple? Did Victory even have a triple crank option? I know there was a Victory "LX" series long cage rear and front derailleur, but I don't think I've ever seen a Victory triple crank. The catalog does state that the LX (long cage) rear derailleur can be used with triple cranks, but it does not indicate that Victory had a triple crank. The late 80's Campy catalogs don't have as much technical parts data as the 90's catalogs and I couldn't find anything stating the spindle sizes.

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Old 12-05-11 | 11:35 AM
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The "leisure" version of the Victory group was a wide-range double, not a triple. I suspect your BB will work fine.

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Old 12-05-11 | 11:56 AM
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Thanks for the response. In doing some additional research, it appears from the catalogs that double and
triple specific bottom bracket lengths did not appear until somewhat later. The early Athena catalogs, which was after Victory was retired, only indicate one bottom bracket spindle length even though there was a triple crank option.

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Old 12-05-11 | 01:20 PM
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Another option here is to use a spacer. I have a couple I bought from Rivendell many years ago, but a quick Google search indicates that they're still widely available from a variety of sources.

(Ah, the Victory long-cage derailleur - what a thing of beauty!)
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