GT Ricochet Bottom Bracket

I am putting a GT Ricochet together for my wife and the bottom bracket
I bought was a 73x118. I am putting on an older set of Race Face
cranks, and I can't get the front derailer to shift into the small
ring (the derailer hits the frame) The chainline looks kind of off
also. The small ring clears the chainstay by about 1/8 of an inch.
Do I need to put a 73x123 bottom bracket in this? This seems awful
wide, never heard of a mountain bike with that wide bottom bracket.

Thanks in advance,
Jeff

I just put a 68 x 123 or 124 (can't remember) bottom bracket on my '93 GT
Talera that I decide to rebuild from the wheelset up, so the idea of a 123
mm long spindle is not out of the question. Problem I'm having is finding a
crankset to work with such a long bottom bracket and that does not rub the
front deraileur.

"Jeff Lee" wrote in message
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I am putting a GT Ricochet together for my wife and the bottom bracket
I bought was a 73x118. I am putting on an older set of Race Face
cranks, and I can't get the front derailer to shift into the small
ring (the derailer hits the frame) The chainline looks kind of off
also. The small ring clears the chainstay by about 1/8 of an inch.
Do I need to put a 73x123 bottom bracket in this? This seems awful
wide, never heard of a mountain bike with that wide bottom bracket.

Thanks in advance,
Jeff