Originally Posted by
ksisler
Routinely we have posts on subject, often pondering if the frame is now dead and must be replaced or the dreaded "how does a n00by fix this".
Finally re-found the site which has the replacement BB which does not rely on the threading at all.
http://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...-brackets.html
At $66 ($55 on Amazon) they aren't super cheap, but probably better than buying a lot of specialty tools to attempt a restoral of the buggered up threads.
Note 7 or 8 different spindle lengths and that it fits any of the shells except Italian.
Hope this helps
/K
Those Velo Orange bottom brackets have been mentioned here in the past as a frame resuscitator. It has the advantage over the Mavic threadless bb that you don't have to chamfer the bb shell to install it. The limitation is that they are square taper and JIS only.