Old 05-31-04 | 05:21 PM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;

1) I use blue Loctite on the fixed cups of my Italian- and French-threaded bikes, because I did have problems with self-loosening fixed cups on my first Peugeot and my first Bianchi.
2) Make sure you can indeed obtain a satisfactory chainline.
3) Personally, I would demand a new frame. This is clearly a manufacturing defect.
4) Two years ago, on the Hetchins Heaven ride in Fallbrook, I was privileged to view a stunning collection two dozen Hetchins bicycles, one of which, from the mid-1970s, actually had the same defect as your frame.
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