Phil Brown wrote:
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> In a message dated 7/8/2 3:54:51 PM, NortonMarg@aol.com writes:
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> ><< I.e. were
> > there separate, machined races that were pressed into the
> > integral cups? I believe this is how it's done with the
> > best of the modern designs. >>
> >Yes, except no need to press them in. They are a snug, not a press fit.
>
> This follows normal motorcycle practice which Bianchi, as a motorcycle
> manufacturer, would have be well aware of.
Except that Bianchi's manufacturing bicycles predates it's manufacturing of motorcycles by decades. Bianchi started making bikes in 1885 and motorcycles (without going to the books) around the early 1910s?
This was bike practice way before the development of motorcycles.
Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal