[CR]Re: Classicrendezvous Digest, Vol 63, Issue 99

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From: "Andrew R Stewart" <onetenth@earthlink.net>
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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:31:57 -0400
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Subject: [CR]Re: Classicrendezvous Digest, Vol 63, Issue 99

Swiss BB threading is the same thread diameter and pitch of French, the left cup has right hand threads and the right cup has left hand threads. Think of a an improvement on French (with the LH threads on the Rt side) but even less common.

Perhaps the reversed, from the typical, threading on the bike in question was just a mistake not discovered until after painting. With a full investment and a waiting customer it wouldn't surprise me that it was let out and sold. I wonder if the first owner knew of it.

The second person to teach me frame building said a couple of things that I still remember 29 years later. "The mark of a pro is how he hides his mistakes" and "Show me a perfect body and I will build a perfect bike". Brownie points to who ever can guess who it was that said this.

Andy Stewart Raleigh, NC
> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:59:23 -0700 (PDT)
> From: bruce thomson <masi3v4me@yahoo.com>
> To: beandk@rcn.com,
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> Cc: 'LEONARD INGRAM' <leonardingram@btinternet.com>
> Cc: "Steve Birmingham \(E-mail\)" <sbirmingham@mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR]Hetchins with backward threading
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> SWISS??? Those cursed Swiss will rule the world! First by confusions and
> maddening frustration then by banking. Is there no mercy!
> Or I could be wrong on that one. Bruce
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> David Bean <beandk@rcn.com> wrote: Here's a link to some pix of the
> Hetchins with mysterious backwards
> threading.
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> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/beandk/hetchins/
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> David Bean
> Arlington, MA USA
> beandk at are-see-enn dot com
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