Broke the fender on the way in this morning. Yeah I rode right off the edge of the bike path in the snow and well, my body kind of went back onto the path but the bike didn't want to. foot landed at the base of the seatstay/ seattube junction and that was enough to break the fender down by the chain stay. Now it is rattling and banging around.
Now if it was a Planet Bike fender it for sure would have been fine. Or maybe not. these ones i have on there now aren't bad. Had em for a while now. Not too bad.
But i think i found a nice bottom bracket for the bike. The front chainring is moving around enough that it is really rubbing the front der. And i don't really want to wear out the Campy Der i have on there because I'm milking a dying bottom bracket.
So i had to check. What is the spindle length on the 7410? Oh yeah? Sweet. 103? Nice. Turns out Legend Bike has a sugino with the JIS standard square taper. Way nicer than the UN54 with plastic cups. Well hopefully. Will it last as long as the 7410 bottom bracket? Not a chance. Will it last long enough for me to eventually get to the point of getting some fancy outboard bearing 180mm cranks? Probably.
will it work? i dunno but i'm willin to give it a try. should be the same. If it is dramatically different, well i'll have to go with the UN54 and a 110 spindle and screw with the Q-factor.
Adventures in bike land when all your shit is old and beat up, oh and well loved.
Time to suit up and hit the snow. On the bike. Not those stupid planks you strap to your legs and flail around looking ridiculous.
heddwch
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Saint Sheldon bailed me out of a BB length question a couple months ago too. I wonder if anyone has picked up his work? Not that it's really all that lacking... just wondering if someone else got the bug to keep going.
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