Anyhow I dont know what is in Shops in Helsinki Finland, or Latvia .. only in my Town ..
bike BB are threaded in 34 to 36 mm so the welding in a sleeve machined to do the job is possible.
then threading it with a Bicycle BB tap set. its a specialty tool..
a pair of sleeves with 3 compression bolts have been machined threaded to adapt American OPC to use a conventional Threaded BB..
You may find a Thompson equivalent.. or maybe the axle has a square taper equivalent ..
got any bike shops that have run in the same location since WW2?
Last edited by fietsbob; 10-21-14 at 12:07 PM.