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11-04.-2004, 05:41 PM
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shimano selecta bb
Hello, I have an ancient Apollo that I'd like to convert to fixed (it has
nearly horizontal dropouts). It currently has a Shimano selecta bottom bracket, which is a cup-and-cone type of thing, with two fixed cups threaded into the bottom bracket shell. One of the cranks has gone from a little play to a lot of play, and is now so worn that I have to replace the bb. Is it possible to replace a selecta bb with a cartridge bb? Where can I find a tool for removing the cups? (It's something like a tool to remove a old mtb freewheel, but smaller) -- Matt Hughes + mhughe@uvic.ca |
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11-04.-2004, 11:27 PM
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Re: shimano selecta bb
Matt Hughes wrote:
> Hello, I have an ancient Apollo that I'd like to convert to fixed (it has > nearly horizontal dropouts). It currently has a Shimano selecta bottom > bracket, which is a cup-and-cone type of thing, with two fixed cups > threaded into the bottom bracket shell. One of the cranks has gone from a > little play to a lot of play, and is now so worn that I have to replace > the bb. The Selecta was an early, small diameter spline system not known for reliability even with freewheels. Not surprising it won't hold up for fixed gear use. > Is it possible to replace a selecta bb with a cartridge bb? Yes, the frame should have standard ISO/English threading. > Where can I > find a tool for removing the cups? (It's something like a tool to remove > a old mtb freewheel, but smaller) That's an old style Shimano "Boss" freewheel tool. We've got 'em: http://harriscyclery.net/site/itemdetails.cfm?ID=569 Sheldon "..." Brown +-----------------------------------------------+ | I'll be appearing as Preposteros in | | Gilbert & Sullivan's Thespis at M.I.T. | | April 9-10,15-17 http://web.mit.edu/gsp/www | | http://sheldonbrown.com/music.html | +-----------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 http://harriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com |
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