yashicamat
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- Macclesfield, Cheshire
I'm trying to work out what crankset I need for this Rixon frame I've aquired for a singlespeed conversion. I think I'm sorted with the rear wheel/gear system - the centre-to-centre width between the rear dropouts is 137mm, so about 133mm internal width which I believe will fit the Spa Cycles handbuilt wheel rear hub which has an OLN of 130mm? I'll then fit a single speed conversion kit to it.
The confusion comes over the crankset though. The bottom bracket that is fitted as a square taper on it:
It seems to be showing a very slight resistance to turn (perhaps it needs replacing?) i.e., if I pop an old crankarm (which is a square taper, but it's a french crankarm and I don't think the taper is the same) on, it will spin but will stop after a few revolutions, rather than just keep on spinning like my other bikes seem to.
So, what crankset / chainwheel (42T) would I need for a single speed project? I have googled and googled but information on this sort of thing seems to be scarce (unbelievably, unless I'm doing something daft
) and the few cranksets
Cheers folks.
The confusion comes over the crankset though. The bottom bracket that is fitted as a square taper on it:
It seems to be showing a very slight resistance to turn (perhaps it needs replacing?) i.e., if I pop an old crankarm (which is a square taper, but it's a french crankarm and I don't think the taper is the same) on, it will spin but will stop after a few revolutions, rather than just keep on spinning like my other bikes seem to.
So, what crankset / chainwheel (42T) would I need for a single speed project? I have googled and googled but information on this sort of thing seems to be scarce (unbelievably, unless I'm doing something daft
) and the few cranksets Cheers folks.
