Re: [CR] Period correct?: English Vs. Italian hub threading

(Example: Framebuilders:Pino Morroni)

Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:33:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Period correct?: English Vs. Italian hub threading
To: Mark Buswell|SisuHome <mark@sisuhome.com>, CR <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <2FACBFA3-55C8-42E4-8257-F283AE6C3AD1@sisuhome.com>


I would do it without hesitation. English and Italian FW thread are sufficiently compatible that there is no problem if you don't install and remove FW's unusually frequently. Plus English FW's are much easier to get than Italian now, at least in the US, and I think ISO is closer to English than Italian, not that there is much variation among any of them. But maybe the real Italian purists would object to an English FW.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX

Mark Buswell|SisuHome <mark@sisuhome.com> wrote: Newbie question with requiring what I think is a quick answer:

Is it 'correct' or 'best practice' to put a wheelset with English- threaded Campy hubs on... say an early eighties Ciocc? Were Italian threaded hubs still the norm for such a bike at the time? Or had/did English threaded hubs take over by this time?

I have read in the archives about compatabilities between thread types but couldn't find anything that answered this question.

Thank you!

Mark Buswell
San Francisco, CA