[CR]French BB Thread and 70-mm Shell

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Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 07:55:37 -0800 (PST)
From: "Steve Demchak" <rabbickup@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]French BB Thread and 70-mm Shell

I'm pretty new to this vintage bicycling world and have a question about bottom bracket thread standards. I put a bottom bracket on Ebay:

http://ebay.com/<blah>

The bottom bracket came as a unit from a bike that appeared to have a checkered past. It was rattle-can repainted and had a mix of campy and suntour parts.

I got a Ebay message informing me that the 70-SS-120 spindle should not be with the 35x1 cups, since a french bottom bracket shell should be 68-mm.

My first question is: How rigidly was the shell width standard followed?

My second question is: Should I pull my auction?

Thanks Steve Demchak Seattle, WA

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