Originally Posted by
Brad Sasher
I have made a mistake and the threads on the fork are english.I pulled the bike apart and the fork steerer says reynolds 531 butted on it.I found up inside the fork a plastic bag that was rolled up neatly and had a receipt from the bike store it was bought!It has that it was custom made for a lady in daytona beach christmas 1978 with phone number etc?it was bought at Seebreeze bike shop in daytona beach,anybody know if they were a Raysport dealer?
Bingo. Check the BB threads - they may be British, and a Swiss-thread BB was forced into it. If the cups are aluminum, there may not be much damage to the steel BB shell threads, and you can go back to a correct BB in there....