Eddie Merckx Corsa 1985 Team Panasonic Bottom Bracket

wmflew
wmflew Posts: 3
edited May 2018 in Vintage bikes forum
Anybody out there know the bottom bracket I need for this bike. I have the frame and want to do a rebuild?

Blue and White Team Panosonic
1985 Corsa Extra

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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,823
    Is there anything in the frame at the moment? If so looking at that and measuring it will help. If not you need to work out if it's a British or Italian thread. Measuring the width of the BB shell will give you an idea, British is 68mm and Italian is 70mm as I recall. Italian BB both sides unscrew normally, British BBs have a reverse thread on the non drive side.
    What you need after that depends on the crankset you are using.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
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  • wmflew
    wmflew Posts: 3
    Thanks for the help. I ended up with an Italian dura ace bb that fit my old ulrgra cranks