Ben Kamen wrote:
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> WILLIAMS SPLINED BB AXLE - again for the AB-77 cranks which date from '63-70
> and looks to be in excellent condition if in fact its not a take-off from
> new. yes predates our friends at shimano by quite some time. if anything
> check the auction and drag the images to your desktop and send them to all
> the modern shimano riders you know that get so smug about their
> "revolutionary" bottom bracket coupling. send them a pic of this one and
> look for their reaction - works great everytime!!! (yes i lead a boring and
> lonely wife...er i mean life)
Gnutti (Italy) used a splined bottom bracket for their steel crank in the early 1950s. It used weird left and right hand threaded allen head crank bolts!
Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal