There was a marking but I forget it. A simple stamped letter on the left cup.. Very un-Sugino to just take the letter die and give it a whack to indicate Swiss.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch,NJ
<Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:27 PM Subject: [CR]Re: Sugino Swiss Cups
> Were they marked differently? Some European-made Swiss fixed cup are
marked
> "G" or "S" denoting the left hand thread.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
> To: "jerrymoos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>;
<Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 7:40 PM
> Subject: Sugino Swiss Cups
>
>
> > Yep, Sugino made Swiss threaded cups. I had them on a Mondia built "Tour
> de
> > Suisse".
> >
> > Joe Bender-Zanoni
> > Great Notch, NJ
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "jerrymoos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: "chuck taylor" <phatswag@comcast.net>;
> <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>;
> > "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CR]help! zeus w/ 35xP1 bb threads
> >
> >
> > > I agree with Sheldon, never heard of a Swiss-threaded Zeus, plus I'm
not
> > > sure Sugino ever made Swiss BB cups.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Jerry Moos
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
> > > To: "chuck taylor" <phatswag@comcast.net>;
> > <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 7:17 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CR]help! zeus w/ 35xP1 bb threads
> > >
> > >
> > > > charles taylor wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >My zeus has a bad fixed bb cup that I need to remove but don't know
> the
> > > > >handed-ness of the thread. The sugino bb cups both say 35xP1, which
> > I've
> > > > >never heard of.
> > > >
> > > > 35 x 1 designates both French and Swiss threading, the difference
> > > > being in the "handedness" of the fixed cup.
> > > >
> > > > French fixed cups=right (wrong)
> > > >
> > > > Swiss fixed cups=left (right)
> > > >
> > > > I've never heard of Zeus using Swiss, I'd bet it's French,
> > > > righty-tighty on both sides.
> > > >
> > > > Sheldon "Strictly Speaking, Possibly" Brown
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