You needed an alloy BB sleeve......................These were provided with the Benotto 5000 TURBO. Checker color Candy apple red..........BIG TIME SCREAMER!
BC Baron C..............And the gang!! Renaissance cycles, Eindhoven Holland..................With 8 day to go but with lots of work to do. 21st we ship a container, 22nd..........A truck load arrive from Norway.................23rd.........we are on the plane.
> "henox" henox@icycle.net wrote:
>>Calzone - conventional Italian bike from Torino but distinguished by pale
>>green metallic paint every bit as distinct and engaging as Gios blue.
>>Exceptionally deft cable routing thru the bottom bracket and out the
>>chainstay and seat tube that made all the other bikes around seem clumsy
>>in
>>their handling of control cables. Subtle and exceptionally nice filing of
>>the lugs to consistently minimal thickness. I imported these for a while.
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> My wife owns an '82 Calzone. At the time, the thru-BB cable routing
> seemed like a nifty gimmick. In actuality it was not very practical. You
> could not use a plastic sleeve to protect the bearings, nor could you use
> a phil-type cartridge BB. Thus the bearings became contaminated more
> easily, requiring more frequent BB overhauls to keep them clean and
> operating smoothly.
>
> Steve Goodwin
> Westford, MA USA
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