Thread: Davidson Road - Cino Heroica project
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Old 06-11-15 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by icepick_trotsky
Can't you just measure the BB shell to determine the threading? Italians are 70mm and English are 68mm.
Not always! I have two bikes with 70mm English-threaded shells in my possession -- the BB spindles had 55mm center sections (like Italian), so I'm not really sure what the design goal was. Seems to be a 70s/80s Japanese bike thing, mostly.
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