gear@xmission.com wrote:
> Hi all. I've been clearing out some items recently, and I came across a
> sealed bottom bracket, similar to the Mavic sealed units, but silver and
> labeled with Stronglight and Spidel on the end bearing covers, along
> with 35 x 1.00. Instead of the champhered lockrings as the Mavic, these
> are just typical lockrings like any bb would use. The rings thread onto
> the body like the Mavic units, and sandwich the frame similarly.
> Does anyone know the era? model? etc?
Spidel was the French marketing group formed in the early 1980s, so that should place a upper limit on the age.
Check my Stronglight catalog to see if your model is in there:
http://www.os2.dhs.org/
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA