Jay Sexton wrote:
>
> Mark wrote:
>
> What's going on here? I thought that some of you might be kidding around
> with this thread thread, but it seems to be going on in seriousness. It
> must be
> that folks think the information is so well known or obvious, as no one has
> mentioned that English b.b. fixed cups (drive side) thread in "reverse",
> and
> Italian cups thread "normal". In addition, if you tried to switch them
> for the
> adjustable side, on would not fit into the second, while the second would
> virtually fall into the first. When it comes to b.b. threads, English
> and Italian
> are definitely not the same. Please help me return from The Twilight
> Zone, if
> I am mistaken!
>
> Best regards,
> Mark Agree
> Southfield MI
>
> Hey Mark, that would be me. (he says with a sheepish look on his face)
> I took the whole thing way too serious. Reading Chucks post again
> after I sent off my mail to C.R. it was obvious. DOH! You can go back
> to the Twilight Zone. Mind if I join you?
> Jay Sexton
> Sebastopol, CA
Talk about sheepish! I was gonna tell you to use a bigger hammer to get that Italian fixed cup into that English bottom bracket shell!
Now on to the even bigger question: French and English threading... the similarities and differences? Discuss amongst yourselves...
Chuck "baaaaaaaaa" Schmidt South Pasadena, CA
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