In a message dated 7/13/02 5:51:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Steve@sburl.com writes:
> The problem with putting a Campy Italian BB in backwards is that the rifling
> grooves in the cups will tend to suck contaminents in rather than pushing
> them out, as designed. I saw a guy accomplish the same thing by swapping
> Campy pedal axles to keep from rethreading the cranks on a homegrown tandem
> crossover setup. The first rain, and three pedals were all gritty inside.
>
So why swap the cups? just turn the spindle around. Unless there are other
problems, it should work fine that way. Or get a sealed BB set that
has two adjustable cups. I have an old Stronglight titanium one that I would
Never give up.
Dave Tesch
Milwaukee