Re: [CR] RH (clockwise) BB Cups.....was Legnano BB Wuestion

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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:41:04 -0500
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR] RH (clockwise) BB Cups.....was Legnano BB Wuestion


I'd like to see some actual evidence too, which is why I said "theoretically". One would think that if RH threaded fixed cups were a big problem, they would have been designed out decades ago. OTOH, we don't see any RH threaded pedals on both sides, so it certainly a problem in that case.

-- John Betmanis Woodstock, Ontario Canada

On 09/02/2011 1:05 PM, dtshifter@aol.com wrote:
> In ~40 years of riding and working on bicycles, I cannot remember either
> an Italian or French bottom bracket fixed cup (RH) which had loosened!!
> In fact, as many of you can attest, many French threaded fixed cups seem
> to be somewhat "immune" to the removal process!!
>
> Is this actually a problem??
>
> Chuck Brooks
> Malta, NY NEUSA