Knackered Bottom Bracket

serious hither green, thats round the corner from my girlfriends!! whats the shop/place called? Whats Mario's bro called? Luigi?? hahah

Mario website.

http://www.cycle-finishes.com/

Best to phone b4 u go down there. Wet spray or powder coating available.

MINT cheers man, I gave Mario a call yesterday and he is gonna see if he can get his hands on a italian threaded tap for me. He said he can braze some Brass into the bb shell and tap that!

By the way I came across this list on the internet today, Its a pretty good list of frame builders in the whole of the UK.

[FONT=Arial]http://www.framebuilding.com/custom_uk_bicycle_framebuilders.htm[/FONT]

Just encase anyone who isn't based in London comes across the same problem!

Cheers Boys!

Hopefully I will get my basso on the road in a couple of weeks! I will post some pics when its done!

Those YST Threadless Bottom Bracket have gotten me out of tricky situations/saved a few decent frames, they're pretty cheapo tho tbh.

You'd definitely want to use threadlock on them and get them in as tight as you can.

They're available in 119mm and 122.5mm - 68mm versions only as far as I know.

Yeah they sound good but they're no good for my frame I'm afraid! They just don't make them for Italian bottom brackets, I've looked everywhere!

Off to see a frame builder on Monday so hopefully I'll get sorted! And they guy who sold me the frame on eBay got in touch so I might even be able to get the repair costs out of him!....I won't hold my breath!

Off topic slightly still bb related, i have old style cups and spindle bb, and they have become loose ive tried tightening them locktite etc but still they loosen, im going to replace with a cheap sealed bottom bracket for time being as im starting a new build anyway but cant live with the problem, so heres the question the width of my current bb is 122.5mm, i wanted to know wether i had stick to that width or could i go shorter ?

VeloOrange have a new type of threadless BB on the way which may well do the trick. They say its suitable for damaged threads and odd threadings (ie Italian, Swiss, Raleigh etc). They're supposedly getting them in this side of the New Year.

Off topic slightly still bb related, i have old style cups and spindle bb, and they have become loose ive tried tightening them locktite etc but still they loosen, im going to replace with a cheap sealed bottom bracket for time being as im starting a new build anyway but cant live with the problem, so heres the question the width of my current bb is 122.5mm, i wanted to know wether i had stick to that width or could i go shorter ?

depends what your chainline is.

Try and find an old Mavic threadless BB - They will work on Italian.

VeloOrange have a new type of threadless BB on the way which may well do the trick. They say its suitable for damaged threads and odd threadings (ie Italian, Swiss, Raleigh etc). They're supposedly getting them in this side of the New Year.

bollocks i didnt see this until now, my frame is already at the frame builders.

Never mind, best to get it fixed properly i guess,, he reckons the repairs will be ready this week but it will damage the paint as he has to heat up the bb shell, so now i have to decide on a new paint colour... Any suggestions??? I just cant decide.

bollocks i didnt see this until now, my frame is already at the frame builders.

Never mind, best to get it fixed properly i guess,, he reckons the repairs will be ready this week but it will damage the paint as he has to heat up the bb shell, so now i have to decide on a new paint colour... Any suggestions??? I just cant decide.

http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-threadless-bb.html

We don't have final pricing yet, but I would guess they will run around $75.

$75 means prolly £50 in the UK, you wanna spend that every time your BB is shot? Better of to pay £80 to Vaz and get a repair. Is he going repair the existing or put on a new one?

The frame is up at my parents not in London so I've found a local frame builder who can do it. He's gonna do the same as vaz was gonna, solder in some nickle and the re-tap into that. But it'll wreck the paint so he's gonna respray it for me too. Thinking of going grey with pink lug lining! £85 all in! Not bad!

Consider Gunmetal, grey but with metal bits in, lovely.