Wrong thread

[Canuk]

Wrong thread

 

[wynne]

That'd be anything with an Italian bb shell

 

[Canuk]

Or French... 35x1..!

 

[bikeworkshop]

French??
Swiss!

All this sort of cr4p started turning up in the uk in the hipster boom of the early 21st century when young guys would head over to the continent and buy charming looking basic bikes for a few euros from brocantes and junk yards, and bring them back, wipe them over with an oily rag and sell on for £200 to unsuspecting youths.

The reason the continentals were selling them cheap being that their threadings were obsolete so a nightmare to fix properly.

 

[Nob]

Gotta be awful French threaded items like Hubs, Headsets that nobody wants

 

[Canuk]

Gotta be awful French threaded items like Hubs, Headsets that nobody wants

I almost bought three (count em) Zeus alloy freewheels, luckily I checked with the seller at the last minute and they were intended for French threaded hubs ..! Nightmare

 

[LondonClassic]

Gotta be awful French threaded items like Hubs, Headsets that nobody wants

Quite a lot of people want French threaded heasets though. Vraiment.

 

[Canuk]

Yep, the Japanese snap them up for their vintage french tourers

 

[bikeworkshop]

He who owns a French Threaded fork must live with a French Threaded headed

 

[Canuk]

He who owns a French Threaded fork must live with a French Threaded headed

I thought that, then ditched the bugger for an off the peg chrome BSA fork. There's always options...!