In a message dated 11/13/0 10:34:56 PM, jac33@tron.arts.cornell.edu writes:
> I've also got a custom frame of my own and it
>doesn't use this bottom bracket shell either; instead it has what looks
>
>to be a modified Henry James bb shell. Why don't builders use that
>shell?
The Nervex shell, while pretty, has the structural strength of paper mache. I
built a frame with one many years ago and I'll never do that again. Very
flexible.
Phil Brown