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Old 03-09-21 | 07:16 PM
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Bikes: Ron Cooper touring, 1959 Jack Taylor 650b ladyback touring tandem, Vitus 979, Joe Bell painted Claud Butler Dalesman, Colin Laing curved tube tandem, heavily-Dilberted 1982 Trek 6xx, René Herse tandem

Originally Posted by bikingshearer
...And French-threaded.
The BB is actually even worse. It's a proprietary Herse thing, which takes cartridge bearings of some sort. The threads are French, but in the absolute literal sense. I believe the right cup is left-hand threaded, for what it's worth! But who knows the diameter!! A guy asked me to machine him a replacement cup, pre-covid, but we never got the bike in the same place as the lathe so I could do the appropriate test-fitting. Maybe one day that will be possible again.
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