[CR]Help needed: tapping out French thread TA Cyclotouristes

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

From: "Doug Van Cleve" <dvancleve@cox.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:33:33 -0700
Subject: [CR]Help needed: tapping out French thread TA Cyclotouristes

Howdy folks.

My brother has a set of older TA Cyclotouristes that have French pedal threads. I got him a good deal on them assuming that it was simple to tap them out. His set has the pedals holes with the disks closing them off from the back side. He finally took the bike to a trustworthy shop to have them tapped out, and it turns out that the typical tap is a long tapered thing that will only work if the disks are punched out (which we would prefer to avoid). Is there some other kind of tap that will work in a blind hole? Would any bike shop have this device?

Thanks, Doug