More involved triple to double conversion question:
02-16-16 | 10:10 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 748
Likes: 43
From: Denver
Bikes: One new one, a couple old ones, and a mountain bike.
More involved triple to double conversion question:
I've got a 105 Shimano 5500 triple crank and I would like to use it for a project as a double, but I noticed that it has raised mounting pillars for the granny ring that may get in the way if I try to use the 109mm BB for a double. Would it be OK to just dremel off those pillars? I'll never use it as a triple, and it's barely worth anything to sell...
02-17-16 | 12:47 AM
#3
Senior Member
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 3,780
Likes: 17
From: Upstate NY
Bikes: Bianchi San Mateo and a few others
If you'd rather use a double, there are lots of potential trading partners on these forums. I might even have a double I'd be willing to swap for your triple -- I could use one to get me up some of the hills around here.
02-17-16 | 07:23 AM
#4
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 748
Likes: 43
From: Denver
Bikes: One new one, a couple old ones, and a mountain bike.
Open to that! I have the BB for this, 68mm. I probably couldn't get so lucky, but need 70mm.
02-17-16 | 05:30 PM
#5
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 30,225
Likes: 649
From: St Peters, Missouri
Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.
02-17-16 | 06:10 PM
#6
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 748
Likes: 43
From: Denver
Bikes: One new one, a couple old ones, and a mountain bike.
Indeed. I almost don't want to say, but if you promise not to tell anyone... I'm going to throw these on my incoming Merckx frame until I can afford Campy. Embarrassing I know. But the parts will just be sitting there, and the frame all sad, wanting to be ridden!
Last edited by tronnyjenkins; 02-17-16 at 06:35 PM.
02-17-16 | 08:51 PM
#7
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 12,559
Likes: 799
From: Middle of da Mitten
Bikes: Trek 7500, RANS V-Rex, Optima Baron, Velokraft NoCom, M-5 Carbon Highracer, Bacchetta Quattro, Catrike Speed
I wouldn't bung up a perfectly good triple; I'd find a double and save the triple for when they come back into style.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Dancing Skeleton
Bicycle Mechanics
10
12-19-10 10:06 PM
wunderkind
Bicycle Mechanics
4
10-09-10 12:39 PM
