Hi,

Anyone know offhand what spindle length I would be looking at to get a reasonable chainline from a set of Campy pista cranks. I'm not going to shell out the $$$ for anything fancy - I just want to get the $20 veloce or whatever and be done with it. However, I'm not sure what spindle length I need... I would assume a symmetrical 109mm would work, but I don't know if they make that in the lower priced models. Are any of the lower-end campy BBs asymmetrical? I know very little about campagnolo.

Anyone running campy pista cranks with a non-pista BB?

Are talking about the fluted type?
I beleive the older models are 109, newer are 111.

Indeed I am. I'm running the ACH 111mm on my older Record Pista cranks (yep, the fluted ones) which works just fine and dandy.

Anyone know about non-fluted, but still old-school model?

https://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Cranks/IMG_4464

I think they all stayed in the same range. I doubt that model pictured is any different than the fluter version.

What I've liked about Campy is that you can either buy their high end BB or lower end basic BB and yet their cranks are standardized between the 111 or the 102 (for multi-speed cranks). Thus I don't need to track down different BB lengths for either my old or new style pista cranks.

Thanks Absenter, I'm just confused by John's chart:
https://www.businesscycles.com/tr-refspec.htm#b/b

the fluted pista and other older campy pista cranks spec'd 109mm axles (the 68/70-P-120 axle). newer ones spec 111mm.

it's quite hard to find a new BB with a campy taper and 109 length. the best option out there is the phil BB, which is a 110.5mm axle, but the cups are adjustable by 2.5mm each way, so if you really care, you can easily bump it over .75mm to perfect that chainline. if you aren't insane about your chainline (and don't want to blow $130) , the 111mm wide campy ACH will do you just fine.

the ACH can be had for around $30.

Thanks!