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Yeah looks like you need to increase chainring a little. But only 2mm or so.
Is that crank torqued onto that BB? Bear in mind that a crank that's been torqued down will sit 1-2mm further inboard.
When the wheels arrive you'll be able to work out how far over you can space them. Which hubs by the way?
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Second dibs on that kcnc light mount.
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17 whole hours without a response. Goodness me.
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Who did I spot yesterday afternoon on the spicy dark purple Omnium cargo bike near Stoke Newington / Hackney?
We both said something like "wow sick bike". I was on the yellow and red Vernon Barker tandem, doing a beer run with my housemate (a silly idea, but also brilliant).
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What's the pit-to-pit and total length (inc. collar) of the le coq sportif jersey?
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Great spot, that! Look at it!
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Would it be sacrilege to take a Cinelli Grammo stem and paint it black?
I have a black carbon seatpost I'm using for a project, and it annoys me that the stem does not match.
The obvious answer is titanium seatpost, of course...
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How about the Record 8 speed kit? Still looking? I have a mixed Record/Chorus group. Mostly Chorus. Will not be terribly expensive. PM me if you're interested.
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Just checking the obvious... The Sugino Messenger is a single speed crank and can only handle one chainring. You're intending to build a bike with a single front chain ring, right?
If so, using the Sugino Messenger with a 103mm BB will give you a 45 mm chainline (apparently, according to some Googling).
Sheldon Brown's article on chainline says that triple MTB chainline should ideally be 47.5 mm (i.e. the middle chainring is 47.5 mm outboard from the centre of the seat tube). So to achieve that you'll need to add 2.5 mm on each side, meaning +5 mm to the BB length... 103 + 5 = 108 mm BB
So don't choose the longest BB because I think, for Shimano UNxx, that's actually 122 mm ish. Way too long.
Just another note... That crank was originally intended for 1/8" thickness chainrings but you'll need to put a 3/32" ring on there for use with gears. Just in case you were about to buy another Sugino ring.
Of course, if you want more than one chainring up front then best procedure is to sell this crankset and buy a double/triple chainset/crankset.
Thanks dude! I have a thread for the tandem over here.
Do you have a thread for the cargo bike, or photos?