If anybody in the UK needs non standard BBs retapped I have taps for French, Italian, Raleigh and Chater-Lea as well as standard British - I go to most of the cyclejumbles so can meet up with anybody at these events to retap a BB shell. Many frame refinishers at least in the UK have Italian taps as these are almost always needed after a frame repaint...
Hilary Stone, Bristol, British Isles
PS But please note I do not lend the taps out...
brianbaylis@juno.com wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Upon rare ocassions I do build a frame that has Italian BB threads; so does Peter Johnson. I still have a fondness for the Cinelli style sand cast BB shell. I use them on special projects; for example I used one on the track frame with the one piece headtube that is shown on the CR site in the Baylis catagory. It has been heavily modified; but that's one of the things those shells are very good for. I still have quite a few of them but save them for certain situations.
>
> I will be bringing that purple track frame to the Cirque for display; and it has just come up for sale. It's 53cm c-t.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> USA
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Bob Freitas <freitas1@pacbell.net>
> To: James Swan <jswan@optonline.net>
> Cc: oroboyz@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR] Lack of proper tooling at local bike shops (may as well make that lack of skills with vintage stuff in general)
> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 17:09:57 -0700
>
> Could we hazard to guess more Italian and French taps now belong
> to non Bike shops? I have oberved many of the Campy kits on Ebay are
> Italian/French .
> Jamie any KOF guys using French or Italian?
> Heres another Tack, Go to your local Car dealer and see if they
> have any specialty tools for a 15-20 year old car
>
>
> BOB FREITAS
> MILL VALLEY, CA USA
>
> James Swan wrote:
>> Are you asking for a show of hands? ; )
>>
>> Jamie
>>
>>
>>
>> James B. Swan
>>
>> Northport, NY, USA
>>
>> http://www.jamieswan.net
>>
>> http://www.limws.org
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>> http://www.liatca.org
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>>
>>
>>
>> On May 22, 2009, at 7:48 PM, oroboyz@aol.com <mailto:oroboyz@aol.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> << Today in Marin (a Probike hotbed) maybe only 1 shop could
>>> rethread an Italian BB, he could do it in 30 minutes or so but it
>>> would take him 2 weeks to find where he put the tools >>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It's a shame they don't have good shops out there in California like
>>> we have in North Carolina Ha ha!
>>> (Acxtually I wonder how many here have Italian taps, etc. Not many I
>>> bet...)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dale Brown
>>>
>>> cycles de ORO, Inc.
>>>
>>> 1410 Mill Street
>>>
>>> Greensboro, NC USA
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bob Freitas <freitas1@pacbell.net <mailto:freitas1@pacbell.net>>
>>> To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>>> <mailto:classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>>
>>> Sent: Fri, 22 May 2009 7:15 pm
>>> Subject: [CR] Lack of proper tooling at local bike shops (may as well
>>> make that lack of skills with vintage stuff in general)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am thinking all that Italian and French frame
>>> tooling was sold off as bikes went to a world wide standard. Many of us
>>> have bought up some of that stuff and are now the beneficiaries.
>>>
>>> Even in the day most shops lacked the BB taps
>>> ,reamers and head tube tools. The average shop would try to straighten
>>> your fork and failing that usually used a replacement fork with was
>>> threaded for a wide range of sizes. Then the operation was simply cut to
>>> size.
>>>
>>> Today in Marin (a Probike hotbed) maybe only 1 shop
>>> could rethread an Italian BB, he could do20it in 30 minutes or so but it
>>> would take him 2 weeks to find where he put the tools
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BOB FREITAS
>>>
>>> waiting until Tuesday for my fame to spread in MILL VALLEY ,CA USA
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