Kona Explosif & AA

[hamster]

Italian cranks (square) have a smaller taper than Shimano and therefore do not slide fully home on the BB shaft. Ie Italian to Shimano is not as good as IT to IT or Shim to Shim.

Be very careful with this one. There is very little contact between the crank and BB. If the crank gets even a tiny bit loose it gets trashed within minutes.

For some reason I know this.

Campag BBs are cheap and very durable: using the right one (113mm) will give you a correct chain line and still plenty of frame clearance. I've run a 52T chainring on a 1999 Kona Cindercone with plenty of clearance.

 

[gingernuts/badger]

nice to see them fella.
love from leeds too !

Stif has moved now, but i work over the road from where they were (have done for nearly ten years ) love that place, and made a good friend from one of the guys there.