Originally Posted by
Dean51
I dug into the replacement spindle issue when considering a crankset that req'd a longer length than the 102 mm that came with the frame. If I recall correctly, Phil Wood could supply new spindles in a variety of lengths. $pendy though. 'Agreed on the bearings....nothing special about them.
Dean
No idea why, but mine came with an absurdly wide spindle, something like 125mm. It's so wide that when it was initially installed, it has more protrusion on the NON-drive side just to get the chain alignment right. Didn't have to touch it when swapping to a triple, chain line is still good and decent clearance between the chainstay and smallest chainring.