It seems unnecessary at this point, but I wanted to weigh in on BB solutions: I've had great success with threadless "repair" bottom brackets. I have the Velo Orange one in a Raleigh Twenty that's been great but have used others in other bikes. Which is good because VO no longer sells it.
Will On Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 1:00:05 PM UTC-4 JohnS wrote: > Thank you Jeff. I'm using Groit's Garage paint cleaning clay to pull the > dirt/grim out of the paint, I'm about 1/2 way through that process, need to > spend some time at the BB. Then it will be a polish to smooth out small > scratches followed by one or two coats of wax. Should look like the steerer > tube's paint when I'm done. Some chips but not bad for being 41 years old. > Also need to do a frame saver treatment before building it up. > > George, no the cartridge BB was from another bike, bearings have a lot of > play so I was only using it to figure out spindle lengths. Always fun > trying to get the shortest spindle to work with a frame and crank to > achieve a low Q factor. The bike came with a full Dura-Ace groupo from '92, > including the BB which I'll try to reuse. Unfortunately the crank and cogs > are too high of a gearing for me. I'll need to use my favorite of 46/34 > chainrings and 11/34 cassette so I can climb the hills in my area. > > Laing, see, being a pack rat has it benefits. > > JohnS > > On Friday, March 24, 2023 at 5:39:57 PM UTC-4 Garth wrote: > >> That's wonderful news John , way to go ! >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/721b710b-f631-48fc-952f-1543dfe57ac5n%40googlegroups.com.
