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  • stilltortoise
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    I need a new bottom bracket for the road bike. Looking at a Campag Veloce but I see there is an English thread option and Italian. What’s the difference?

    Veloce

    YoKaiser
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    The type of threads, english has both a left and a right hand thread whereas italian has rights(or lefts maybe). You’ll need to look at the BB removed or your bb shell.

    anotherdeadhero
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    ‘Italian’ BBs are 70mm wide and use RH thread on both the DS and NDS (unlike english, which uses LH thread on the LHS to prevent self unscrewing).

    http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_i-k.html

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    OP generally only Italian frames have Italian BBs.

    stilltortoise
    Free Member

    Thanks all

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