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Hi Everyone,
Had a quick search to see if anyone has come up with the answer to this before but couldn't find anything.
Basically I bought a Basso Columbus MS Steel frame off ebay a few months back, Gone to fit the BB today and the threads are f**ked I can wiggle the cup back out of the bb shell without undoing the threads, I rang my local bike shop and they said I would need a frame builder.
So I rang Bob Jackson, who told me they would have to replace the whole BB £135 quid, and obviously a respray £75 for a basic one colour enamle(would prob go with powder coat instead though to help keep cost down).
As I don't fancy getting rapped by big bob I thought I would turn to you lot for help. Plus I had a frame re-conditioned there last year and wasn't that impressed, the quality wasn't all that considering what they charge.
Does anyone know if I have any other alternatives to having the shell replaced???, because at the minute the skip is looking very appealing. I hear that there is a method of recoating a thread to build it up again so it can then be re-threaded, and make it good again, but I don't know if that is just urban myth or fact.
Anyone know if that is true?? Anything else I could do to fit it???