Thread: Italian fixed cup install: grease, thread lock, or ..?
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Old 10-20-20 | 08:02 PM
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Bikes: (2) ti TiCycles, 2007 w/ triple and 2011 fixed, 1979 Peter Mooney, ~1983 Trek 420 now fixed and ~1973 Raleigh Carlton Competition gravel grinder

I used to use Phil grease, then hand the bike drive side down over the bench vise, grab the cup with the vise jaws, then tighten using the frame as a good sized wrench. (I love left-hand drive side threads. So much easier.) I never had a vise tightened French cup loosen (and they were on a UO-8 that did a few 100+ mile rides as my fix gear training bike in my racing days),
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