Originally Posted by
tolfan
I would most likely offer 20$ around here. It needs a lot of real work. If you know how to do it and can deal with all the wierd french issues( I swear thay just did stuff to be anoying) than get it.
The French stubbornly clung to hard metric dimensions, such as 35mm x 1mm threading on the bottom bracket instead of 1-3/8" x 24 TPI, 14mm x 1.25mm threading instead of 9/16" = 14.3mm x 20 TPI pedal shafts, 28.0mm OD seat tubes instead of 28.6mm = 1-1/8", and 22.0mm stems instead of 22.2mm = 7/8". It is ironic that French bicycle dimensions are the "obsolete" or "nonstandard" ones in an increasingly metric world. The best choice for an international bottom bracket standard was Swiss (correct anticlockwise threading of the fixed cup, metric dimensions), but it was also the least common, so it lost out, and future generations will be scratching their heads over 24 TPI threading.
Originally Posted by
tolfan
I you are going to need a shop to do the work It will cost a lot more than its worth.
That is really the bottom line. Lots of good do-it-yourself projects become financially unrealistic when you have to hire someone to do the work for you.
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