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Socom BB, Atlas Cranks and Saint BB question

825 views 2 replies 3 participants last post by  SHIVER ME TIMBERS 
#1 ·
Hey guys,

I'm getting an Intense socom which has a 73mm Saint SM-BB80 bottom bracket.

On my old bike I was running Atlas FR cranks in an 83mm Xtype bottom bracket from Race Face.


What will I need in order to fit my cranks onto the Socom. A new BB, shorter spindle, spacers etc.?

Thanks guys!
 
#2 ·
Two things you can do, the first, which i have on my bike is to run some spacers on an 83mm bottom bracket to effectively make your frames bb act as an 83mm, but that would only work with a bottom bracket that has pretty deep threading (my raceface DH bb has threading deep enough.

Another way to do it is just to add some spacers onto the spindle. A buddy of mine did this with some 1" headset spacers and it seemed to work fine.
 
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