OK everybody. I get it. Swiss is bigger than English. I have only run across a couple of Swiss brackets in 30+ years in the business and I thought they were roughly the same size. I don't need to be told a hundred times I was mistaken. Thank You
Mike Howard Santa Fe Springs CA
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM, <cgallegro@charter.net> wrote:
> Hi Gang,
>
> Jerry is correct, the adjustable is a french cup, no special designation,
> only the fixed is swiss. The fixed stronglight with doulbe rings, Campagnolo
> stamped with a larger G or S. The G is the french, and S I believe is latin
> for Sinistros (ah the church is everywhere, rightious and sinister) maybe
> the Italin is also S.
>
> Regards
> Craig Griffith
> San Luis Obispo,ca.
> USA
> ---- Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Was there any such thing as a Swiss adjustable cup? The dimensions and
> thread are identical to French. The BB width was the same also. So the
> term "Swiss thread" applies only to the fixed cup. I don't think I've ever
> seen a "Swiss" ajustable cup of any brand that was designed or marked
> differently from the French adjustable cup of the same model.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> > Big Spring, Texas, USA
> >
> > --- On Sun, 9/13/09, Charles Andrews <chasds@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Charles Andrews <chasds@mindspring.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [CR] swiss bb kluge
> > > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > > Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 11:17 AM
> > > Just a sincere thanks to everyone who
> > > posted me about this problem. I really appreciate all
> > > the information!
> > >
> > > For what it's worth, I'm holding out for fully
> > > period-correct on this project, so I'm going to wait for a
> > > complete Campagnolo pre-1978 swiss bb, or, at a minimum, a
> > > campagnolo Swiss fixed cup! And go french for the
> > > rest.
> > >
> > > Thanks again..if that bb or fixed cup shows up and you want
> > > to pass it along, please let me know.
> > >
> > > Charles Andrews
> > > Los Angeles
> > >
> > >
> > > "everyone has elites; the important thing is
> > > to change them from time to time."
> > >
> > > --Joseph Schumpeter, via Simon Johnson