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Originally Posted by GrayJay
I've always thought that swiss threading makes the most sense of any BB threading, nice even metric sizes and LH/RH thread. If the french and swiss had conspired to push swiss threading, it may well have stuck around longer than either have since.
I only found Swiss threading weird because it is hard to find good quality BB's with the treading. Everynice NOS BB out there is either English or French and some Italian.. I never really looked into it, but does the threading direction on Swiss BB's avoid the tendency for loosening from rotational loads coming from the bearings against the cups?? Is that why they make more sense than other BB threading to you?

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