Re: [CR]bb question

(Example: History:Norris Lockley)

Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 15:10:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]bb question
To: Tom Hayes <hayesbikes@nls.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <002c01c47e5e$7aa6e4c0$580890d8@computer>


> Would there be a specific reason or use, > beyond expedience, for having a Campagnolo > Italian spindle (one marked 70) matched to > English-threaded cups? One of my more recent > acquisitions has been a new-to-me J.P. Weigle > frame, and when I took the bottom bracket apart, > I noticed that the spindle was marked 70 and > the cups are marked for English threading. > Before I put it back together, I'd like to know > what purpose, beyond not having an English spindle, > this might have served. It does seem to fit > correctly.

Tom, Are the cups the "thin walled" type? (That is, the type used with Grand Sport and the later Athena BBs?) If so, the thinner cup wall compensates for the wider spindle. It least that's how it has worked out for me. Cheers, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia

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