Mark Lee said:In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...Quoted message said:Thanks for giving me some tips during this am's ride. To explain why I
suddenly disappeared, I had a mechanical - my drivetrain suddenly jammed up.
Further inspection revealed (to my horror) that the Italian threaded BB had
been unscrewing itself on the RHS,Bummer, I wondered why you disappeared just as we approached Uni when the
speed was not high. Coro Dve was fun - over 60kph on the flat but I came
from too far back to get anywhere... no UCI points for me.Quoted message said:Quoted message said:SNIP<<
Anyone else have a problem with Italian-threaded BBs unscrewing? Sheldon
Brown warns of this on his web site, but I never thought it could happen to
me (as one doesn't).I don't like the idea of Italian BB threads. I have heard of them
loosening so have always specified English on my bikes. Have you tried
some Locktite?? as it WILL happen again... sometime.Quoted message said:P.S. Does that old guy (the cafe owner?) always start the Park Road rides
with his whistle? I found that rather quaint! :-)Yeh, that's Sam (78 yrs old 2 wks ago).. it's a very sensible business
strategy but they've moved the tables around, leaving less space for bike
parking and put a slippery strip of paint up the middle. I believe these
2 changes are affecting his business adversely already.I rode this morning with 3 others from Park Rd - just a cruise at 30-
32kph, then flew my RC electric plane at the local cricket oval.
Beautiful weather!
Have you ridden Mt Coot-tha? email if you want to try something else.
Wednesday morning is a VERY fast ride in the opposite direction to
Saturday's.
e m a i l me at:
"markwlee at bigpond dot net dot au"
Hi Mark,
Back home now ... to rides I know and can keep up with! :-) The LBS
didn't use Loctite on my BB and in fact advised against it. I did >50km
over Sun/Mon (mostly along the Gold Coast frontage) and there was no
loosening, but you can bet as soon as I have any FD shifting problems,
I'll be looking down at the BB to check! When I bought my frame I didn't
know it would have an IT BB, but I guess being Italian made, I should
have guessed...
Bye for now,
&roo