As Americans we only have the Greatest Generation to blame...

Sorry France, here comes the another country to save the day.  But this time its not from the West.

Finally, how you say?   A French Bottom Bracket that doesn't literally cost a gazillion dollars nor give you a bunch of back talk.  Pretty much you can buy that vintage Peugeot road frame and convert it into a fixie for more than the cost of a new fixie.  

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