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Old 10-04-22, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ascherer
Good tip. I'm probably a few weeks out. I have found them to be a good company to work with. Once I managed to mess up one side of a threadless bottom bracket, and I sent an email asking if they had any parts. The response was that they didn't stock them but they'd look around in case one was in a drawer somewhere. They found one and mailed it to me for free.
Also check how the crank from the Motobecane fits on the VO BB. I'd been under the impression that ISO & JIS were 'close enough' that it wouldn't matter, particularly putting and ISO crank on a JIS spindle, but....no. My Stronglight 93 does not want to seat on the VO BB in an acceptable manner- the arms are a good 5mm further out on each side than they ought to be...
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