Mavic (actually Stronglight manufactured them) never made a specific Italian or British version of the bottom brackets. It's a one size fits all design.
Peter Jon White
Peter White Cycles
24 Hall Rd.
Hillsborough, NH 03244
603 478 0900 Phone
603 478 0902 Phax
http://www.PeterWhiteCycles.com
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Mavic BB ?'s
> They work just as well in Italian spec shells as in BSC. There's no
contact
> with the threads.
>
> Peter Jon White
> Peter White Cycles
> 24 Hall Rd.
> Hillsborough, NH 03244
> 603 478 0900 Phone
> 603 478 0902 Phax
> http://www.PeterWhiteCycles.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas R. Adams, Jr." <kctommy@msn.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:28 PM
> Subject: [CR]Mavic BB ?'s
>
>
> > Regarding the Mavic Bottom Brackets that fit into a chamfered BB shell,
> are there different versions for Italian and British threaded BB's? I
> understood that the reason for the chamfering is to allow the BB to be
> located by the adjusting rings bearing against the outside rims of the BB
> shell, without touching the BB threads.
> >
> >
> >
> > I ask because I need such a BB, and there's a nice one on auction right
> now but it's listed as "italian" threaded. Of course the bike I need it
for
> is English.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tom Adams, Shrewsbury NJ