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I've not long been given a steel framed, Specialized with Ritchey dropouts and matching suspension corrected rigid forks. Due to it being powder coated black, I've no info on the model.
Buuuuut, it has a damaged bottom bracket shell. The shell appears to have been stretched in that an English threaded B/B rubs but doesn't grip the shell threads. The previous owner was touring and some distance from help when his old bottom bracket started to come out of the shell, so by the time he got to a bike shop the shell was pretty knackered.
He managed to get it fixed well enough to get him round the rest of the tour and has since replaced the frame.
So as he's about to skip it, I asked, was told all about it and got the frame
Looking at a bit of Turbo Trainer / Pub bike project but fancied the challenge of trying to fix this up especially when I was told that there's a type of bottom bracket that screws into itself as well as the frame. Sounds perfect for this but my searches haven't turned anything up.
Any info out there in the Singletrack massive that'd help before I give up and skip the frame to?
Yes the YST BB you mention (square taper) will work OK although I told they do not last long.
http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/yst-threadless-bottom-bracket
You can send it to a framebuilder who will cut a slot out of the BB and re weld it and tap it so it will be like new. I'd estimate £80-100+respray if you want latter - marginal as to whether it's worth it IMO - frame si probably a Rockhopper, £4-500 bike.
cynic-al
Perfect, thanks for that. Looks just the job and one on order.
Yayhay speding the afternoon in the garage building a bike after all.
Just weld one in!