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Old 12-22-05, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by HillRider
Makes no difference. The non-drive side of ANY and ALL bottom brackets are right-hand threaded.

Only the drive side threading varies among English, Italian, French and Swiss bottom brackets.
True, and therefore all BB lockrings have standard RH threads. The trick is to avoid putting French lockrings (35mm x 1mm = 1.378" x 25.4TPI) on English/ISO cups (1.375" x 24TPI = 34.925mm x 1.058threads/mm) or vice-versa; it may work OK, but it may damage the threads or come loose.
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