Italian BB facing tools (Cape Town)

[ZeroPlay]

Hi.

 

I've got an Italian-threaded frame that needs the BB threads chased and shell faced.  Anyone know of a bike shop or individual in Cape Town who has the tool for doing it?

 

Willie Engelbrecht used to have the tool, but when I phoned and spoke to someone in the workshop, they told me the tool was now broken and they didn't seem to have any urgent plans to replace it.

 

You have no idea how happy I will be if you can put me into contact with someone who has the tool.  I went through a long and painful process getting my Battaglin frame chased and faced about a year ago, eventually singing the praises of Willie Engelbrecht Cycles when they did the job perfectly.  They seemed to be the only LBS in Cape Town that had the tool for Italian-threaded BBs (several have it for English-threaded BBs), and now that theirs is broken, I'm stuck again.

 

Thanks for any help. 

ZeroPlay2007-12-01 06:07:48

[Johan Bornman]

The biggest tool distributor in the country is in Cape Town - Cape Cycle Systems. Phone them up, be nice to the Park Tool product manager and ask for the name of a company who they recently sold one of those tools to.

 

Also, I don't understand the word "broken". It is a chunky steel device that cannot be destroyed unless it accidentally falls under a steam hammer. Someone there needs a cattle prod up the BB - that thing can be revived.

 

 

[TheLegend]

Try your luck with Crosstown Cycles in Kenilworth. 021 761 0112.

 

Tell them Robert sends you and want some Oreo's now!

 

[TheLegend]

Ya, I also wonder how you can brake that tool. Someone very powerful and clumsy must have worked it 

[ZeroPlay]

 

Try your luck with Crosstown Cycles in Kenilworth. 021 761 0112.

 

Tell them Robert sends you and want some Oreo's now!

 

 

They don't have the tool (yet).  It sounds like they planned on getting it in the next few months though, which doesn't help me this time.

 

I spoke to Nat (I think - American accent?) on the phone - nice guy and seems to know what he's talking about.  I'll try them again when I need a LBS, I think.

 

[ZeroPlay]

Bowman's Cycles claims to have the tool.  I just hope the person I spoke to is 100% sure its for Italian thread BB's.  I did ask him about 10 times in subtly different ways if he was sure, and each time he said yes, so I guess next step is to book the frame in with them and hope my baby comes back chased and faced correctly.