Sugino RD 7000 Octalink Triple Chainset BB length?

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JonoB

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West Lothian
These are temptingly on offer at Chainreaction at the moment. Contacted Ch. Reaction and several other bike shops and they all give me a different answer........I don't think anybody actually knows, not even on Sheldon! Can't find it anywhere on the Interweb

Any ideas????

CHR: 118 Others all the way up to 127???
 
I'm not trying to funny by suggesting this, it's just what I'd do, but have you tried asking SUGINO?
 
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I was contemplating getting this earlier in the week and info on the web is very scant indeed for Sugino. I did find a couple of sites that suggested you need a Shimano 105 5500 octalink BB with a 118mm axle length for a triple
 
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JonoB

JonoB

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Location
West Lothian
I was contemplating getting this earlier in the week and info on the web is very scant indeed for Sugino. I did find a couple of sites that suggested you need a Shimano 105 5500 octalink BB with a 118mm axle length for a triple
Thanks, that's more than I have found out. Sugino don't even have an email contact address.......
 
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Nay probs. It's only info pieced together from wee bits of info gleaned here and there.. like this. I couldn't find anything specific to this chainset though, so I decided to save my cash
 

Grayson Beard

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My experience with other Sugino cranks, that have a square taper not this octalink one is that NORMALLY they need a shorter BB length than advertised. For example I have a bike with a Sugino triple

http://forums.roadbikereview.com/bikes-frames-forks/vitus-stag-frames-214944.html

That crank was advertised as needing a 115 mm crank. With that length crank the derailleur could not get the chain even onto the big ring. It ended up with a 109 or 107 mm bottom bracket length.

The length you need may depend upon the frame. If you a have a frame with a 28.6 diameter seat-tube the you need a little shorter BB than a 31.8 because the fatter tube places the derailleur 1.6 mm farther out. That does not sound like much but it is enough to sometimes be beyond derailleur's parameters. If you use a ratcheting front shifter that lets you trim shifts you are probably OK but I have a hard time getting indexed front derailleurs to work right on a Sugino crank regardless of the derailleurs manufacturer (I have used the cranks with Shimano, Campagnolo and NOS old Sun Tour).

The doubles work great but the triples are in my experience somewhat finicky. If you are a bike shop that has access to several lengths of cartridges or a big box of spacers for the BB then it isn't a huge deal but for the home mechanic they can be frustrating because you normally end up with either being able to shift to the small ring but having the chain drag on the outside edge of the cage or not being able to reliably shift to the inner ring. (I choose the second option and push the chain to the inner ring with toe but everyone has that skill).

I would suggest having a bike shop do the installation if you don't want to buy two or three bottom brackets or have various spacers.

This is a shame because they are fairly good cranks otherwise - especially for a budget build
 
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