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  1. Sorry to come on with a question but it seemed a good place
    to start. My bottom bracket is a shimano 73mm x 113 crank
    length. cups 1.37x24

    I can buy one on e-bay 73x118. Will this fit or will the 5mm
    difference effect the front crank to rear wheel sprocket.
    the cycle has three cranks,

    regards............Alex.

  2. Alex said:

    Sorry to come on with a question but it seemed a good
    place to start. My bottom bracket is a shimano 73mm x 113
    crank length. cups 1.37x24

    I can buy one on e-bay 73x118. Will this fit or will the
    5mm difference effect the front crank to rear wheel
    sprocket. the cycle has three cranks,

    It will fit but the chainline will be wrong. Get one the
    same length if the current setup is correct.

  3. Alex said:

    My bottom bracket is a shimano 73mm x 113 crank length.
    cups 1.37x24

    I can buy one on e-bay 73x118.

    You can buy a new 113mm UN73 for £11.99 post free from:
    tinyurl.com3gx5l

    ~PB

  4. "Zog The Undeniable" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    It will fit but the chainline will be wrong. Get one the
    same length if the current setup is correct.


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    Thanks! I was worried that might be the case, will carry
    on looking.

  5. "Zog The Undeniable" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Alex wrote: It will fit but the chainline will be wrong.
    Get one the same length if the current setup is correct.


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    Just one more question I can buy a 113 X 68 mine is 113 X 73

    will it fit or do i need the exact size?

    REgards............Alex.

  6. "Pete Biggs" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Alex said:

    My bottom bracket is a shimano 73mm x 113 crank length.
    cups 1.37x24

    I can buy one on e-bay 73x118.

    You can buy a new 113mm UN73 for £11.99 post free from:
    tinyurl.com3gx5l


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    Got one Thanks! thanks also to the other help. great group.

    Alex.

  7. Alex wrote:
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    Quoted message said:

    Just one more question I can buy a 113 X 68 mine is
    113 X 73

    will it fit or do i need the exact size?

    You need the exact size. The 68mm version will not be
    properly held by the cups.

  8. "Alex" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:


    "Zog The Undeniable" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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    Quoted message said:

    Alex wrote: It will fit but the chainline will be wrong.
    Get one the same length if the current setup is correct.


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    Just one more question I can buy a 113 X 68 mine is
    113 X 73

    will it fit or do i need the exact size?

    REgards............Alex.

    No, you need the right width (which is what the 68 or 73
    refers to - it's the width of your bottom bracket shell).

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  9. The 73mm figure is the width of the frame, so this *has* to
    be the same.

    The 113mm figure is the overall length, so there's a
    *little* bit of leeway in this, but if your current
    alignment is correct then you don't want to go more than a
    couple of mm either side of this, or you'll have trouble
    keeping the chain on the desired chainring...

    HTH

    Huw Francis

    "Alex" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:


    "Zog The Undeniable" <[email hidden]> wrote in
    message news:409d0c1d.0@entanet...

    Quoted message said:

    Alex wrote: It will fit but the chainline will be wrong.
    Get one the same length if the current setup is correct.


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    Just one more question I can buy a 113 X 68 mine is
    113 X 73

    will it fit or do i need the exact size?

    REgards............Alex.

  10. In message <[email hidden]>

    Simon Brooke said:

    in message <[email hidden]>, Alex

    (') said:

    Sorry to come on with a question but it seemed a good
    place to start. My bottom bracket is a shimano 73mm x
    113 crank length. cups 1.37x24

    I can buy one on e-bay 73x118. Will this fit or will
    the 5mm difference effect the front crank to rear wheel
    sprocket. the cycle has three cranks,

    Your front deraileur won't throw far enough to move the
    chain onto your big chainwheel. Don't do it.

    OR your inner chainring may / will rub on the frame

    Quoted message said:

    --
    Gwyn

  11. Gwyn Oakley said:

    OR your inner chainring may / will rub on the frame

    Correct. Cured by a longer axle, of course, so not fatal.

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