RE: [CR]Motobecane Champion Team Track Bike

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In-Reply-To: <FCEEIBDDLGNPKBMMPNLEOEHDCHAA.2wheelseal@earthlink.net>
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Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:49:23 -0500
To: "RB" <2wheelseal@earthlink.net>, "CR" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: RE: [CR]Motobecane Champion Team Track Bike


Bill Roberts a écrit:
>Yep, these are mostly 22.0mm instead of 22.2 in that era. I'm puzzled how
>it is you have a standard headset in there, normally it would be a French
>thread steerer, and not fit. Are you sure the headset is not French? (Loo k
>uner the top nut/cup, it will be stamped 35x1 if it's French.

35 x 1 is French/Swiss _bottom brackets_.

French steerers are 25 x 1.

See my Headset Cribsheet: http://sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet-headsets.html

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