Italian roadster job

hello

It sounds a shame that the bike was done for purely because of a few threads :(

Have you heard of or tried a threadless bottom bracket? It screws into itself instead of the frame and sort of clamps onto the shell, this might be an option worth exploring because It sounds like you really liked your old bike. I have never used one but I have heard good things, bad things too.

I did think about it. However there are few points to consider.

These type of bottom brackets are usually for cotterless cranks, whereas my bike uses cranks with cotterpins. Of course I could change the cranks, but I may have trouble fitting them inside the chainguard.

I presume it takes an Italian thread. If i am not mistaken Italian bottom brackets are smaller than Bsa ones. This could mean that a threadless one may be too big to fit in. I have never tried them though.

At the end of the day it's a financial thing. I just want a work bike, not to restore a bike to its former glory, so the cost of changing a new bottom bracket, plus cranks and a new front wheel (that's seriously on its way out) would be equal to another bike.

Fortunately, i've got a big basement to store it in just in case I come across a way of resurrecting it.