Even the inconsistencies are inconsistent. I measured three "sealed" Helicomatics and three nonsealed ones and they all have 16mm locknuts
Rehards,
Jerry Moos
DTSHIFTER@aol.com wrote:
> Afternoon Folks,
>
> All this talk about Helios prompted me to go into the shop and dissamble the
> three which I own: (2) are probably the "highest" end Helios, and the other
> is low-mid grade: And the results are: The high end hubs have 3/16" brngs
> on both sides!! The lower end hubs have 5/32" both sides! They also have
> totally different sizes of lock nuts (16mm vs. 18mm) - nothing standard about
> the French! BTW, the high end hubs utilize the "Sealed Mechanism" device
> which was recently brought up in a discussion.
>
> Now for Galli: I have a set of Galli Pros/Comps(?) on a Marinoni and find no
> reference to Simplex (as I easily can with Gipiemme). In addition, I have
> many Simplex derailleurs, and can really see no similarity to what they have
> constructed vis-a-vis the Galli product............The "search" continues!
>
> Chuck Brooks
> Malta (Raining outside today,and yesterday, and tomorrow??)NY