Re: External-bearing BBs?

On May 13, 5:17=A0pm, Chalo <chalo.col...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Andre Jute wrote:
>
> > Chalo wrote:
>
> > > Life is too short to suffer Fwench bikes or 26 tpi Raleighs. =A0At
the=

> > > first appearance of trouble, they should be recycled. =A0Better yet,
> > > don't even wait for the first trouble to appear and risk developing
an=

> > > affinity for an inadvisable machine. =A0Save yourself and several
othe=
r
> > > people a whole lot of trouble and cut the bastard up before
disposing
> > > of it.
>
> > A good French bike with the best French parts will have plenty of time
> > to ingratiate itself. My old Peugeot mountain bike, from the top of
> > their range in the late 80s, early 90s,
>
> If I understand correctly, Peugeots had gotten with the program by the
> time MTBs were the dominant bikes on the scene. =A0If that's true, then
> there is nothing wrong with a Peugeot MTB versus another sort of MTB
> from the same time period. =A0

That may or may not be so. The one I'm talking about had Sachs-Huret
components, and the first major difficulty arose when the oval
chainring couldn't be replaced. When the only available bottom bracket
was visibly a cheap piece of rubbish, and didn't last, I gave up on
it. Admittedly, in between the rear axle exploded and the sprocket set
just folded up, and the LBS was apologizing before he even showed me
replacement parts, "I know you'll call this names, Andre, but it's
what I can get." That's what made me conclude the threading was weird.
This was before I discovered Sheldon's site and read that there was,
just like in cars, more than one thread. It was the experience of that
Peugeot which interested me in bike mechanics, which led me to Sheldon
and eventually to my love of comfort bikes with internal gear hubs.

Andre Jute
http://members.lycos.co.uk/fiultra/BICYCLE%20%26%20CYCLING.html