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unworthy1 - why do you think that`s a French threaded cup? I`ve read somewhere that it might be both French and Swiss?. Also think that the BB shell is the key but never saw the one like this.
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puchfinnland - I`m from Ukraine though don`t know how it can help. Here we have (or had) our own bike builders:
http://bikecult.com/works/archive/03.../takhionV.html
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0 %B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4
http://tourist.kharkov.ua/xtarticle/Velosipedue_HVZ_Katalog
This frame I bought from a man who didn`t know what it is, he was selling it as "aluminium" (cause it is light) import from Germany and didn`t know what it`s worth so guess it was a bargain (especially considering this years local popularity of fixed\single speeds).