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Originally Posted by
ehcoplex
Check the BB when you get it- I recently got a 'French' BB from VO and, though labelled as French it turned out to be Swiss (I think- the threading was right but both sides weren't righty-tighty). VO were great about getting me the right one, and hopefully they checked their stock, but if you're not going to get to the build for a while might be good to check the BB when it arrives.
Good tip. I'm probably a few weeks out. I have found them to be a good company to work with. Once I managed to mess up one side of a threadless bottom bracket, and I sent an email asking if they had any parts. The response was that they didn't stock them but they'd look around in case one was in a drawer somewhere. They found one and mailed it to me for free.
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