Re: [CR] Fender Eyelets: British bike threading is NOT Whitworth!!!!

(Example: Framebuilders:Richard Moon)

Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:44:42 +0100
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
Cc: CR discussion list <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Fender Eyelets: British bike threading is NOT Whitworth!!!!


Mark Stonich wrote:
> At 2/12/2009 04:26 AM -0500, Ken Sanford wrote:
>> you don't identify the nationality of the bike. If it is British from
>> say approximately 1965 or earlier,then the threading is likely
>> Whitworth. If some other nationality then I doesn't know.
>
> British bike threading is NOT Whitworth!!!! (*)
>

Always thought they would be BA

-- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands