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Woah, that's quite an audience! Thanks everyone for the compliments, hope to make it worth the read (and make it worth the ride for me ;D ).
Next thing in line is obviously the bottom bracket - chainset combo, i had swapped and disassembled loads of these parts, but i'm a rookie when it comes to build from scratch.
All i know is that i want a triple and a square taper!
Yes, i want that bike to climb nearly anything, loaded or not, and with the proper choice i can limit the weight gained... so, why not?
After evenings of catalogue browsing, i picked the Stronglight impact triple 24/34/46 165mm.
I usually use 170mm, but i tought even this little difference won't affect my pedal stroke and it will help a little with the bottom bracket height (decreased since the 650b). They recommended a bb axle of 115mm.
First thing i did was installing a shimano cartridge BB, the thread looks perfect but after some try, both sides threads perfectly smooth, i understood that this bottom bracket needs a face-work, damn it!
Well, not like it can't be done, but since all i wanted since start was to use an "old" bearings bottom bracket (the only exception i wanted, looking at new parts) i managed to get a shimano dura ace 7400 BB, even if it's a 113mm and the axle is not in a perfect shape.
Chainline is ok!
Price for the chainset: 77€ shipped
Price for the BB-7400: 36€ shipped
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