Originally Posted by rothenfield1

Again, how do you know that without removing the BB. I had the shop measure the shell with one of those fancy digital micrometers and it read 69.25mm. I guess that's a tad closer to 70 then 68. Is the BB shell width the determining factor of being Italian versus English. They used penetrating oil and torqued on the right side in the "conventionally threaded" direction with the standard Park BB wrench without a budge. The thing the bothers me is that I remember reading someone posting on this forum that Bianchi was the only Italian Manufacturer that used English threading on some of there bikes. I'm afraid that if I "really" cranked on it in the wrong direction, I could risk cracking the shell. I guess I'll just have to live with this BB and buy new cranks.