1989 Trek 520 Bottom Bracket Sizing?
#1
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 21
Likes: 0
1989 Trek 520 Bottom Bracket Sizing?
Hi everyone!
I am riding a 1989 Trek 520 and I am looking to replace the bottom bracket. However, I am not sure which bottom bracket size I need to get. Do any of you have an idea of what Width/Length numbers I am looking for?
If it makes any difference, I am using a Sugino XD600 Crank.
Thanks!
I am riding a 1989 Trek 520 and I am looking to replace the bottom bracket. However, I am not sure which bottom bracket size I need to get. Do any of you have an idea of what Width/Length numbers I am looking for?
If it makes any difference, I am using a Sugino XD600 Crank.
Thanks!
#2
You could probably pull your cranks off and measure it. It likely has a 68mm bottom bracket shell, and the XD 600 takes a square taper BB spindle. Measure it to make sure, but I'll bet it is a 110mm. I run an XD 600 on my cross bike, and I believe that is what I got when I replaced the BB.
#3
Banned
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 43,586
Likes: 1,380
From: NW,Oregon Coast
Bikes: 8
Width/Length numbers I am looking for?
M730, as a single speed ive used a 118,
for middle chainring chainline, on rohloff bike a 127.5 BB is right
And with wide chainstays, the arms clears the frame better.
very low profile cranks are designed to come in and meet a shorter BB.
IDK, about the specifics of Sugino XD600 Crank, not owning one.
#4
The Drive Side is Within


Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,344
Likes: 47
From: New Haven, CT, USA
Bikes: Road, Cargo, Tandem, Etc.
My LBS does not put much of an upcharge on BB's when compared to the internet. I'd leave it to the pros if you don't have the tools to pull the cranks and measure the spindle length. It will be 68xsomething, though.
__________________
The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. Christopher Morley
The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets. Christopher Morley
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
jzsoup
Bicycle Mechanics
7
09-11-11 07:34 PM
jignall
Bicycle Mechanics
6
09-15-10 08:39 PM





