Drew, was it a new, never-before-assembled frame? I don't know how clean
those frames are when Riv sends them out. For clarification -- I'm not
saying they aren't clean -- I'm saying I don't know. Does Riv have a
policy of facing and chasing before shipping? Or was it a used and dirty
frame?
If the BB was never chased, or if it was dirty or oxidized, the installer
could very well have had to wrestle a bit, but that doesn't mean he
stripped anything. My sense is, 80-90% chance you will have no problem in
the future, but when it's time to replace the BB, you might be wise to
chase out the threads at that time.
BTW, there's one other bail-out/fall-back for badly stripped English BB's:
tap out to Italian threading. No, I don't consider that an ideal strategy,
but it amuses me that I know about it.
Very unlikely you're going to need to ask for framebuilder
recommendations. Breathe normally.
~pb
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