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by Stu Merckx Man » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:13 pm
[quote]you may want to know that in 2007 campag bought out a new version of the crankset which has no bottom bracket and saves weight etc
is that the ultra torque thingy?
im not looking for any latest stuff, and whats a few grams with my new frame
but like rich says, it was good a year ago. also all the new stuff is a bit too expensive for me, so im gonna try and upgrade my groupset with older stuff from ebay.
kieran- im about 172cm. i thought that 172.5mm would be on the smaller side though. some on offer were 175mm!
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by Andrew G » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:56 am
As a general rule it used to be up to 5'9 or 5'10 = 170 cranks, 5'10 - 6' = 172.5, and over 6' 175 cranks, 177.5 and 180s for really tall people. Obviously personal choice comes in to play as well depending on whether you want to spin the pedals or have the greater leverage of longer cranks. Ullrich always use long cranks as he ground a big gear.
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by mrP(Boonen)VT » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:15 am
Don't forget the bottom bracket - Ithink it is only the Record that uses 102mm, so will probably require a new one.
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by Stu Merckx Man » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:34 am
ive bought it now. hopefully the money from the primes will pay for the bb....i cant wait!
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by Andrew G » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:16 pm
Stu, [url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAMPAGNOLO-RECORD-CARBON-BOTTOM-BRACKET-102MM_W0QQitemZ200122573145QQihZ010QQcategoryZ56193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem]this[/url] could be worth a shufty.
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by Stu Merckx Man » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:07 pm
cheers andrew, ill keep it in consideration, i forgot to ring GBs, but ill ring tomorrow and if i have the right bb then ok, if not then that could be an alternative 
just for the record if anyone has any campag rear or front mechs that are chorus or record, and relatively new, say 3 years or so, that they dont want anymore ill be happy to buy them off you.
stu
just for the record
if anyone has any campag rear or front mechs that are chorus or record, and relatively new, say 3 years or so, that they dont want anymore ill be happy to buy them off you.
stu
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