Thread: 60s crankset identification
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Old 11-26-25 | 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by bulgie
A Thun BB isn't the worst thing possible, but it ain't great. And with that bottom bracket shell, you can't easily upgrade to a proper bearing style either, this frame is stuck with it.
I disagree, at least in the case of one Chiorda bike I worked on. Got this as a carcass missing parts and built it up as an MTB for my then-girlfriend, now wife. The BB shell was threaded Italian--with new looking white paint that had never had cups screwed in--so I only needed Italian cups to be able to install this Stronglight 99 crankset.
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