Originally Posted by
Dirtdrop
Velo Orange's Edco French bottom brackets are not a "friction fit", they're French threaded and they're new. They're much too long for a fixie, though. I've found that 115mm is just right for old T.A. road cranks converted for fixie use.
I was talking about another item Chris K. showed me this spring. I was looking for something to fit my Mondia with Swiss threading (and French bb folks think they have problems...) and he showed me an edco that he had that doesn't use the bb threads, but tightens into place by friction. They don't show these on the website currently, but as you note, they do show a dedicated Edco French threaded bb.