mike wilson wrote: >> From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Oh, and as a further note, my bike uses pretty much the same technology >> as those British touring bikes, only real difference is the modern >> threadless headset (which isn't really an improvement for road bikes), >> the fact I use a track hub threaded for a single-cog freewheel instead >> of a Sturmer-Archey 3 speed and the dual-pivot brakes (which are >> actually a real improvement). Even the frame is old-fashioned >> double-butted 4130 steel built with brazed lugs just like those British >> tourers, the only difference is that my frame is Butted, which didn't >> really become common until some time in the 60's or 70's. Apart from my >> rear wheel(which is 130mm spaced like the current standard, '55 era >> would be 120mm), fork, headset and stem, everything on my bike is >> interchangable with any non-Raleigh British bike of that era (Raleigh >> used nonstandard 26tpi threads on everything instead of british standard >> 24tpi threads). > > Other way round. BSC (British Standard Cycle)is generally 26tpi, although > there were others. Derived from the CEI thread, which had a lot more > variation. From the days when engineers designed things to be best at what > they were supposed to be doing, rather than easiest to make. > BSC > http://homepages.tesco.net/~A10bsa/bscgo.htm > CEI > http://homepages.tesco.net/~A10bsa/ceigo.htm > > BTW, if anyone needs some funny-sized stainless nuts... > http://stigfasteners.easywebstore.co.uk/BS-Cycle-Threads-26-20-TPI_B234V.aspx
Not according to Sheldon Brown, who is an aknowledged expert on older Raleigh stuff over here(and owns enough to know the difference): http://sheldonbrown.com/raleigh26.html -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
