Originally Posted by
Poguemahone
Clarification: You need a Japanese made spindle for an Italian bottom bracket. Slightly wider between the races. But, truth to tell, a nice set of Japanese made French thread cups is easier to find than such a spindle, and signifigantly widens your spindle choices...
The Shimano UN72 is the BB that works with the Phil cups. It's long out of production, although findable, but the Phil cups will likely cost more than the VO French thread BB.
thanks for the clarification. i was actually able to track down a un72 when i first got my peugeot. it ended up being like 20 dollars or so off the the husky bicycles website. you should be able to pick one up on ebay though. but i would just keep the stock cups and find a spindle.