Originally Posted by
madpogue
I never mentioned English thread. So there is no such thing as an Italian threaded shell that's 68mm wide?
There probably are, since we’re talking 2-3% margin of error in measurement, but the cups on that BB won’t fit in a true 68 mm English thread BB shell. If you shop for a bottom bracket and pick 68x111, you’ll get a 1.37 x 24 component. The picture of course makes it clear what you have but some people who don’t use these parts routinely might not understand and I was just trying to help clarify for you.
There are cases with old bikes where someone started with a 68 mm English thread shell that got stripped and they had it re-tapped to an Italian thread standard.
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