Steve Birmingham wrote:
> Very occasionally the bottom bracket would be tapped wrong at the
> manufacturer
> (Of the bottom bracket shell, not the frame) And usually in any sort of
> production environment
> nobody checks new parts to make sure they're made correctly.
>
> I've seen a backwards bottom bracket once before on a Hetchins. Odd that I
> haven't seen one on a cheap frame yet.
Perhaps in a high volume factory it was just cheaper and simpler to
scrap a frame that came down the line with a reverse BB rather than give
it special handling by installing the cups backwards, etc. Also, with
high end bikes being sold as framesets only, this would only be
discovered at the shop where it's built up and accommodated, rather than
returning the frame. Just my guess.
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John Betmanis Woodstock, Ontario Canada