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Old 08-06-2004, 12:15 AM   #14 (permalink)
Jim Smith
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Re: Track cranks/bb question

Sheldon Brown <captbike@sheldonbrown.com> writes:

> supabonbon wrote:
>
> > What is the major difference between track cranks and regular road
> > cranks when it comes to chainline issues?

>
> Track cranks generally have about a 42 mm chainline, sometimes a bit
> less. See: http://sheldonbrown.com/chainline
>


Does it make sense to speak of chainline for a crank alone?
I had thought that it really only made sense for a BB and crank
combination. At least for square taper cranks, whose BBs are
available in so many sizes that one can adapt them to most any
chainline. Or am I missing something?
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