Re: [CR]french freewheel threads

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:21:36 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
To: "Jerome & Elizabeth Moos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]french freewheel threads
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. Even better, technically, would have been Swiss thread, identical to
> French except that the fixed cup is left hand thread, which of course is the
> technically correct design.
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> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
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>
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> Has anyone ever had a French fixed cup loosen on them? I've had several
> French threaded bikes and I haven't ever seen any evidence of that. I
> suspect RH fixed cup threads are just fine in the real world.

Kurt Sperry
Bellingham WA