De Rosa bottom bracket threads

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"Ozark Bicycle" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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That's only when you weren't dealing with those damned SU carbs and
those Gawd-Awful Lucas electricals! Oh, then there's those weak-kneed
cooling systems.....

Joseph Lucas (or his son Harry) supposedly said "No god fearing man has
any business being out after 8:00PM.".

He's not known as the Prince Of Darkness for nothing.

Jasper

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

balderdash...properly prepped frames and properly installed Italian
threaded BBs do not unscrew. I have ridden DeRosa, Simoncini, Merckx,
Mondonico, Ciocc, and have never had one unscrew that I installed, nor
any of my customers. Don't need 'superhuman' torque...

That's fine, but some people apparently have this problem. This means that
either you're doing something different or you're just doing it better,
and I'm inclined to the latter theory. There is still no practical
*ad*vantage to double-right-hand-threads, though, and apparently
(supported by oh so many lurkers in email, of course) for many people it's
easier to get installation correct with a left/right thread system.

Jasper

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

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Hello,

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I've bought an aluminum De Rosa UG frame, similar to a Merak, I think.
I just wanted to confirm that it would have a 70 mm Italian threaded
bottom bracket.

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-Ericthat is correct, all DeRosa's are the far superior Italian thread.

standing ovation...
Luca

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Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

balderdash...properly prepped frames and properly installed Italian
threaded BBs do not unscrew. I have ridden DeRosa, Simoncini, Merckx,
Mondonico, Ciocc, and have never had one unscrew that I installed,

nor

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any of my customers. Don't need 'superhuman' torque...

That's fine, but some people apparently have this problem. This means

that

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either you're doing something different or you're just doing it

better,

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and I'm inclined to the latter theory. There is still no practical
*ad*vantage to double-right-hand-threads, though, and apparently
(supported by oh so many lurkers in email, of course) for many people

it's

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easier to get installation correct with a left/right thread system.

Jasper

Especially figuring out which side the chainrings go on.... ;-)

Chas.