Cannot remove BB from 95 Rockhopper

[SStumpjump]

Now what's the French for Bottom Bracket?

Le Böttön Brâquette... :roll:

 

[cchris2lou]

Now what's the French for Bottom Bracket?

Le Böttön Brâquette... :roll:

lol

jeu de pedalier is more appropriate .

 

[SStumpjump]

Now what's the French for Bottom Bracket?

Le Böttön Brâquette... :roll:

lol

jeu de pedalier is more appropriate .

Allright then...

 

[one-eyed_jim]

jeu de pedalier is more appropriate .

or "boîtier de pédalier"

There was a guy on another forum once asking about his "parenthèse inférieure". That must be what comes out if you plug "bottom bracket" into Babelfish...

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Now what's the French for Bottom Bracket?

Sheldon has a handy English-French bicycle dictionary:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/eng-fren.html

 

[cchris2lou]

jeu de pedalier is more appropriate .

or "boîtier de pédalier"

There was a guy on another forum once asking about his "parenthèse inférieure". That must be what comes out if you plug "bottom bracket" into Babelfish...

actually yes , boitier is better

I have been here too long .

 

[Anthony]

I note that you describe the frame as a 95 in your title and as a 85 in your text. I know nothing about 85, so please excuse my ignorance, but if there was a Rockhopper as early as 85 and if you do mean 85, is there any possibility that such an early frame could somehow have an Italian thread? Or is Italian thread solely the preserve of European-made road bikes?

 

[one-eyed_jim]

I have been here too long .

Likewise!

 

[one-eyed_jim]

is there any possibility that such an early frame could somehow have an Italian thread?

Only if it's been stripped and re-threaded. That's not an uncommon repair, but maybe not high on the scale of probability. In either case, the left cup is a normal right hand thread.

Or is Italian thread solely the preserve of European-made road bikes?

Pretty much. Some older Italian mountain bikes too, and one or two Belgian aberrations...

 

[bifter]

Thanks for the French tips! Turned out the guy in the shop spoke English, so my rehearsed phrase was not needed.

I showed him le boitier and he popped out the back and came out 10 minutes later with the bike in one hand and what was left of le boitier in the other

He didn't charge me which was cool.

Next step is to fit the Kona P2 I recently bought to replace my nasty cheapo suspension forks.