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Old 11-10-07 | 09:44 AM
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Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione

Originally Posted by barba
I don't know what that means.
It means that Bianchis with Italian BB's tend to unscrew themselves from riding. Poor wording - but I get the meaning. Other BB's with right hand thread on the drive side also suffer this problem. French and Italian are idiotic this way. ISO/BSC, whitworth/swiss are all reverse thread on the drive side.

With italian/french, just grease and reef it on. If it's coming loose then you can use some low grade loctite on it.

Originally Posted by PlayWithSlurry
The cranks fell off my Pista as well. The mechanic at my LBS said that a faulty BB was to blame.
That sounds more like faulty crank bolt installation, or crank bolt coming loose to me. The only way the BB would be at fault if the cranks fell off is either manufacturing defect or broken axle. More information please?
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