Hmmm, might be going mad, but just googled this and I remember something about Headset threads being the same?
"Italian and English threads are interchangeable. French threaded forks require their own headset." http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/jan96/10_1.html
Might be just BB's here Eng and It are different.
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Hmmm, might be going mad, but just googled this and I remember something about Headset threads being the same?
"Italian and English threads are interchangeable. French threaded forks require their own headset."
http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/jan96/10_1.html
Might be just BB's here Eng and It are different.