Post by tomac on May 29, 2006 18:00:04 GMT 10
oh dear. Yes you'll need a spacer under the driveside cup. But that will increase your chainline. Maybe you could just leave it alone and hope for the best. It's bodgy but it'll work. If you come across another BB for a 68mm shell then you could put that in instead.
Hey that's great news that it rides! About the shifting, you have to adjust the threaded barrel down near the toggle chain (at the hub) until they all line up. Your 3 speed shifter is indexed to the hub, which has three gears, but in between each gear there is nothing, it freewheels both ways. You just have to adjust the cable until it works.
As a guide, put the shifter in the slackest gear (the highest, 3rd). The cable is kind of slack now right? Well it should only be a tiny bit slack. Tighten (or loosen) the cable using the threaded adjuster (at the hub) until it has almost taken up the slack in 3rd gear. Thats should be approximately right. You can fine tune it. I'd recommend putting some tri-flow or other bike lube into the shifter and onto the chain which goes into the hub.
Congratulations!
- Joel
Hey that's great news that it rides! About the shifting, you have to adjust the threaded barrel down near the toggle chain (at the hub) until they all line up. Your 3 speed shifter is indexed to the hub, which has three gears, but in between each gear there is nothing, it freewheels both ways. You just have to adjust the cable until it works.
As a guide, put the shifter in the slackest gear (the highest, 3rd). The cable is kind of slack now right? Well it should only be a tiny bit slack. Tighten (or loosen) the cable using the threaded adjuster (at the hub) until it has almost taken up the slack in 3rd gear. Thats should be approximately right. You can fine tune it. I'd recommend putting some tri-flow or other bike lube into the shifter and onto the chain which goes into the hub.
Congratulations!
- Joel
