Re: [CR]Ephraph on eBay

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PY-10)

Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 10:01:26 -0700
From: "Brandon Ives" <monkeylad@mac.com>
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [CR]Ephraph on eBay
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 09:41AM, Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
>What the Mavic specs call for is a 2mm chamfer. It does not compromise
>the bottom bracket shell in any way for the future use of a conventional
>bottom bracket.

Chuck is correct and if the threads themselves are fine at worst you may have to use some plumbers tape or blue Loctite to secure the fixed cup. What ever you do DON"T remove the chamfer, thus making a 68mm BB a 62-64mm shell. I've installed a bunch of Mavic BBs and never had a problem reinstalling a standard BB later on. enjoy, Brandon"monkeywrench"Ives SB, CA ++++++++++++++++++++ Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done. --Gil Scott-Heron-- ++++++++++++++++++++