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I am putting a GT Ricochet together for my wife and the bottom bracket I bought was a 73x118. I am
putting on an older set of Race Face cranks, and I can't get the front derailer to shift into the
small ring (the derailer hits the frame) The chainline looks kind of off also. The small ring clears
the chainstay by about 1/8 of an inch. Do I need to put a 73x123 bottom bracket in this? This seems
awful wide, never heard of a mountain bike with that wide bottom bracket.
Thanks in advance, Jeff
I just put a 68 x 123 or 124 (can't remember) bottom bracket on my '93 GT Talera that I decide to
rebuild from the wheelset up, so the idea of a 123 mm long spindle is not out of the question.
Problem I'm having is finding a crankset to work with such a long bottom bracket and that does not
rub the front deraileur.
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Quoted message said:I am putting a GT Ricochet together for my wife and the bottom bracket I bought was a 73x118. I am
putting on an older set of Race Face cranks, and I can't get the front derailer to shift into the
small ring (the derailer hits the frame) The chainline looks kind of off also. The small ring
clears the chainstay by about 1/8 of an inch. Do I need to put a 73x123 bottom bracket in this?
This seems awful wide, never heard of a mountain bike with that wide bottom bracket.Thanks in advance, Jeff
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