[pillete]

Long story, but does anybody knows if there is a way to run Saint 83 mm cracks on a 73mm bb shell?

 

[demo 9]

lots of spacers?

 

[blender]

lots of spacers should do it.. and it'll f@ck up your chainline

 

[LittleBIGjumP]

As above you can jimmy anything but you should not. There is a reason why they make different sizes.



LBJ

 

[toodles]

If you have rickets, running heaps of spacers on the non-drive side will maintain your chainline and still feel normal.

 

[Sandwich]

If you have rickets,

+1

I don't think there's any way to accomplish what you want besides spacing your cranks poorly and oddly. I guess that won't change too much from a DH bike besides that you'll be offset to the left about an inch.

 

[gonefirefightin]

pack it with bacon and old duct tape

 

[ojaiDH]

yes, you send them to me and I send my 73mm ones to you

 

[w00dy]

Just tighten that end cap waaaaaaaaaay down.

 

[DirtyMike]

Long story, but does anybody knows if there is a way to run Saint 83 mm cracks on a 73mm bb shell?

Ok, I will actually ask.....Whya re you wanting to do this?

Yes, there is a specific and proper way to do this, it is what we do when setting up a Demo8, or other bikes that have either an offest rear end, or a 150 on a 73MM BB. RF makes a specific spacer for this, so do some other companies. What bike is this on? What purpose do you with to accomplish by doing so?

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Buy a new frame!

 

[gonefirefightin]

Pinkbike has alot of methods for this exact fix

 

[pillete]

Ok, I will actually ask.....Whya re you wanting to do this?

Yes, there is a specific and proper way to do this, it is what we do when setting up a Demo8, or other bikes that have either an offest rear end, or a 150 on a 73MM BB. RF makes a specific spacer for this, so do some other companies. What bike is this on? What purpose do you with to accomplish by doing so?

I have a socom which is 73mm BB and I am currently building a hardtail.
I know I will be replacing the socom with a 951 very soon, so rather than buying a crankset for the hardtail, and having to buy another crankset for the 951(83mm BB) I was thinking on getting a Saint 83mm and run it on the socom in the meantime

 

[pillete]

pack it with bacon and old duct tape

This sounds like the best fix.... lol

 

[DirtyMike]

I have a socom which is 73mm BB and I am currently building a hardtail.
I know I will be replacing the socom with a 951 very soon, so rather than buying a crankset for the hardtail, and having to buy another crankset for the 951(83mm BB) I was thinking on getting a Saint 83mm and run it on the socom in the meantime

Well that makes sense. Youll end up with a 56MM chainline though. Go to your LBS, order up some of the Race face or other 5m spacers. they are designed just exactly for running 83MM cranks on a 73MM shell bike. This was originally done to compensate for Specialized and their wonderfull offset rear end.

So yeah its quite possible, and easy to do. just know that you run the possiblity of ruinging a chainring, premature wearing of chains and your cassette, but its not super likely to happen.

You could also order up the 150 drop outs for the socom, then this would actually be the proper setup to be running.