Paul crankset on 109 bb
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Paul crankset on 109 bb
Hi everyone! Im new to fixed gear or cycling in general. I currently ride a steamroller with sugino 75 paired with hatta swan bb. Now i recently purchased paul royal flush crankset. It says they require 110.5 to 111 bb. I guess that equates it to the pauls 44mm chainline. Now my question is, is it okay to still use my 109 hatta swan bb for this paul crankset? Will this still maintain a 42 chainline like what i had with sugino 75? Am i gonna f things up if use 109 bb as oppose to the recommended 111? Thank you very much for your time.
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Sorry to be contrary but I actually have a crankset that specifies a 111mm bottom bracket. And I got a new BB with a 110.5mm spindle using the same of type thinking - that its only a 1/2 a millimeter (total even) difference. And it ended up that my allowances are actually really tight. In fact depending on if I use a bigger ring, I even have to adjust my BB axle a little bit to that side to keep the teeth off the stay. I have gotten it a little wrong before and the end of the other arm was "tinking" on its stay, but it hasn't assploded...yet
You probably should consider your crankarms' Q factor in your calculation. A big name like Pauls shouldn't be too hard to find. To be honest, my crank is known to have a low Q factor that likely contributes to my situation...
You probably should consider your crankarms' Q factor in your calculation. A big name like Pauls shouldn't be too hard to find. To be honest, my crank is known to have a low Q factor that likely contributes to my situation...
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Thank you all for your help. Here’s whats going on now. I Went ahead and install the crankset with my old hatta 109 bb. I didn't know i was in for a surprise. Chainline ended up at 47.5mm. Smh!?! With 42 at the rear, thing sounded awful. Shouldn't the chainline be lesser than 44 since I'm using a shorter 109 bb than the 111 bb recommended that was rated 44 chainline? Both bb and crankset are iso square tapered. The only thing i can think of that might be the culprit is my bb spindle could be bad that the new paul crankset wont sit flush?!?! I torqued it to what the manual asks for, 300in/lbs. Or maybe the new crankset is a lemon? Im lost. But again thank you all for help.
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Is the Paul a JIS taper or ISO taper? The Sugino 75 is an ISO, not the far more common (for Sugino, Shimano and other Japanese crankset makers) JIS - the Japanese standard. Sugino went ISO for their top of the line track crankset so it would be compatible with Campagnolo and other top of the line cranks.
If the Paul has a JIS taper, that would explain the chainlne being far off. If JIS, any cheap Shimano BB wil work just fine.
If the Paul has a JIS taper, that would explain the chainlne being far off. If JIS, any cheap Shimano BB wil work just fine.
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Is the Paul a JIS taper or ISO taper? The Sugino 75 is an ISO, not the far more common (for Sugino, Shimano and other Japanese crankset makers) JIS - the Japanese standard. Sugino went ISO for their top of the line track crankset so it would be compatible with Campagnolo and other top of the line cranks.
If the Paul has a JIS taper, that would explain the chainlne being far off. If JIS, any cheap Shimano BB wil work just fine.
If the Paul has a JIS taper, that would explain the chainlne being far off. If JIS, any cheap Shimano BB wil work just fine.
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Paul and 75's are both ISO. That being said, I would've just stuck with the 75's, they're much nice cranks than Paul's.