• Thank you for those links. Very informative! Not sure I've got the answer though!

    I have a mid 90's cartridge bottom bracket that's 111mm that looks like this in my bike cave:

    I'll give that a go, and see how that goes. I've got a feeling the chainline will still be too far out though. If that doesn't work, a 109mm Pista BB might have to be purchased (if I can even find one at a reasonable price!), but I've got a feeling that even if that works, I may have to clearance the RHS chainstay slightly (using the hammer/broom handle technique) to prevent the chainring fixing nuts from fouling.

  • The original BB being asymmetric does complicate things.

    The DS was 30mm, so in theory a symmetrical BB would be 114mm for a 43.5mm chainline (between the chainrings).

    So 111mm should be close if you were to put the ring on the inside: is that possible with these cranks?

    If you do need 109mm then I think Victory or Triomphe also used that, although they aren't much easier to find than Pista.

    I'd be tempted to use a 107mm UN55.

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