Re: [CR]1960's Bottecchia bb threads

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

From: <DTSHIFTER@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:04:48 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]1960's Bottecchia bb threads
To: art_52@hotmail.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 4/24/03 2:30:18 PM, art_52@hotmail.com writes:

<< The bb width is 70mm. The shell diameter appears to be a tad under 36mm (my

caliper isn't very precise). >>

Brandon,

The 70mm shell certainly implies Italian thread, not to mention the Bottecchia!!

Perhaps just coincidence, but I have had to chase far more Italian threaded BB's than any other. How do the threads look? How dirty/crudded up are the threads?

I have a '68 and the threading is definitely Italian.

Good luck.........

Chuck Brooks
Malta, NY