Originally Posted by itschrisb

Well thats good to hear, i was really worried at first bc i really want everything to work out. The guy at the bike shop made it seem like im pretty much s*** out of luck bc i have french threading. But im glad that i got all of this information and found that there are ways to upgrade if needed. Aside from bottom brackets what other things are different on french bikes. Stems,forks,headseats. Anything else? And how much of a PIA are those things? Thanks

Originally Posted by Ray_B

Go see the master: http://sheldonbrown.com/velos.html