Fellow readers;
Please excuse my demeanor for I just came back from the bike shop and was totally disappointed again. ok the bottom bracket on a sealed bearing Lambert-Viscount is about 40 thousands bigger than a threaded bottom bracket, then if you threaded it there would be little or no threads,now the guy at Park tool which is quite close to my house said there was two adapter style units that would work to update to a tapered shaft. The Mavic is out of production and there is a Stronglight product available. I almost ripped every piercing out of the bike shop queers head when he told me the Lambert frame was not a good ride just after he tried to sell me a tapered shaft that would not work and I had to tell him that the Lambert shaft was not the same. Oh yeh he says. He said it was to light and wippy what is a carbon frame light and non wippy, he quickly backpedeled when I told him I owned one with a threaded bottom bracket and the ride was great. Then I was told he would give a message to his parts guy who was to busy. I also looked on Harris cycle what a joke that web site is. I also got on another site and looked at many cartridge style units there must be something out there. I know this might not be the right thing to do, but what a ride this light steel frame could be with a good crank set up and with a small cluster five speed freewheel in the rear. I know the value of good tubing I strap myself in a front engine dragster with a 700 HP injected alchohol V-8 and hit the fun pedal !! Mike Larsen Saint Paul, Minnesota United States of America
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