Edco bottom brackets

Edco bottom brackets on this page: English threaded 68 x 130mm adjustable bottom bracket

1980s ad for Edco headsets

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Edco components from its original Swiss factory were some of the most perfectly made bicycle parts we have ever seen.

The maker of Edco parts, Edouard Dubied & Cie, was started in 1867, first producing knitting machines. The firm grew and in 1902 began making bicycle parts. For a time, early in the twentieth century, the company owned the patent for presta tire valves.

By the 1980s, Edco, headquartered in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, was making a nearly complete group. To complete the group, Edco derailleurs were made by Simplex and the brakes were produced by Modolo and Weinmann.

While Edco's aluminum headset was particularly prized, the company's hubs, bottom brackets and other components were the best money could buy. In 1993 Edco was the first company to make hydraulic brake/shift levers.

Sadly, the company could not withstand the ferocious competition from Asian firms also making first-rate parts. In 1997 the company went bankrupt. It was revived in 2007 by a group of engineers with new headquarters in 'sHertogenbosch, Netherlands. Because one investor in the new firm pulled his money out of the company, Edco again went bankrupt.

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Edco adjustable bottom bracket, English threads, 68mm x130mm. Used, $150.00/each

• The bottom bracket cups are labeled 34.8 x 24, which is equivalent to the regular English bottom bracket specification of 1.37 x 24 threads per inch.
• Spindle has ISO tapers.
• Edco adjustable bottom bracket are wonderful for gaining perfect chain alignment. The cups are screwed into their optimal position (both are adjustable) and then locked down with the lock rings.

Here's the bottom bracket. Note it is marked as to which side is designed to accept the crankset.

End view

Crankset side view.

The other end.

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Ad for Edco headsets:

Here's a 1980s ad for Edco's superb headset.

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