Originally Posted by gearbasher

I've been riding only Campagnolo equipped Italian steel frames since the early '80s. My BB method is: grease on the threads of the cups, dry tapers, one drop of blue locktite on the crank bolts and everything torqued to Campy's specs. I've never had a cup unscrew or a crank arm come loose. Let me add, I have a C-Record era Chorus crankset that has over 70,000 miles on it and is still in use.