Re: [CR] Damaged BB fixes

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:24:49 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
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Subject: Re: [CR] Damaged BB fixes


Tom Sanders wrote:
> Wasn't it the Mavic BB that had a configuration where you just cut slight
> chamfers (three threads worth, if I recall?) into the BB shell and
> installed it regardless of the threads or their condition?

Yes, and they were very nice units. The problem with them these days is finding a shop with the required chamfering tool.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA