Compact on Campag square tapered BB

bice
bice Posts: 772
edited July 2018 in Workshop
Does such a thing exist?

I am using a Record 53/39 and want a compact.

I have a Xenon triple (not so lovely, to be frank) of 52/42/30. I also have two Camp BBs Chorus 102mm and Centaur 111mm.

Is the only way to turn this into a nice looking compact is to opt for yet another BB setup via a Power Torque?

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  • arlowood
    arlowood Posts: 2,561
    bice wrote:
    Does such a thing exist?

    I am using a Record 53/39 and want a compact.

    I have a Xenon triple (not so lovely, to be frank) of 52/42/30. I also have two Camp BBs Chorus 102mm and Centaur 111mm.

    Is the only way to turn this into a nice looking compact is to opt for yet another BB setup via a Power Torque?


    Not sure you will find a Campag branded compact square taper but several after market options around eg Stonglite

    https://thecycleclinic.co.uk/collection ... uare-taper

    or an SJS own brand option for £25??

    https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/chainsets/a ... 34t-170mm/
  • bice
    bice Posts: 772
    arlowood wrote:
    bice wrote:
    Does such a thing exist?

    I am using a Record 53/39 and want a compact.

    I have a Xenon triple (not so lovely, to be frank) of 52/42/30. I also have two Camp BBs Chorus 102mm and Centaur 111mm.

    Is the only way to turn this into a nice looking compact is to opt for yet another BB setup via a Power Torque?


    Not sure you will find a Campag branded compact square taper but several after market options around eg Stonglite

    https://thecycleclinic.co.uk/collection ... uare-taper

    or an SJS own brand option for £25??

    https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/chainsets/a ... 34t-170mm/

    They are all JIS, so it will mean living with a Campag / JIS fit, which may affect chainline too much. Or buying yet another square tapered BB.

    I just wonder whether opting for Power Torque might be better, but I have no idea about chainlines with it. Presumably good, Campag to Campag?
  • Nick Payne
    Nick Payne Posts: 288
    Look for a 2nd hand Record square taper compact crank off fleabay - they come up from time to time.

    If you want a top quality modern square taper compact crank, have a look at the Sugino Mighty Tour 901D - but you'll need a 110mm JIS BB to go with it: https://alexscycle.com/collections/touring-cranks/products/sugino-mighty-tour-901d-crank-set.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Record was being made in Ultratorque before the compact chainset really took off - the only square taper alloy 'compact' cranks Campagnolo made AFAIK was the likes of Mirage unless you go for a triple. I built one of my bikes using Record / Chorus at that time. I'd avoid Powertorque TBH and find an Ultratorque as you don't need specialist tools to remove the crank / clean and lube the bearings.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • Nick Payne
    Nick Payne Posts: 288
    Record square taper compact cranks were definitely made:

    campycompact.jpg

    And I have a pair of Centaur square taper 110BCD compact cranks that I bought about 15 years ago. Good quality - if you look at the Campagnolo spare parts catalogues of the time, a lot of the component internals available as spare parts were identical and had the same part number across Record and Chorus and Centaur.

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