RE: [CR]Re: rarest of rare - Campy LoHi front hub

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From: "Charles Andrews" <chasa@classicalradio.org>
To: 'nelson miller' <nelsmiller@msn.com>
Cc: "'classicrendezvous@bikelist.org'" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]Re: rarest of rare - Campy LoHi front hub
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:12:03 -0800


I always thought the LoHi hub was made for the Antarctic Olympic Team of 1957, to compensate for those low latitudes...

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nelson miller [mailto:nelsmiller@msn.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 6:03 PM
> To: Lsquaredb@aol.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: rarest of rare - Campy LoHi front hub
>
>
> Guyz and Guyzettes-- I am very sorry, but I am having a great
> deal of difficulty believing any of this, but do find the
> whole thing to be absolutely delightful! Thanks for the
> entertainment! :-) Nelson
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lsquaredb@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 5:47 PM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Re: rarest of rare - Campy LoHi front hub
>
>
> The Hi-Lo font hub was developed for Liechtenstein team in
> the 1972 Olympics.
> The idea was to try to compensate for the interaction of the
> rotating front
> wheel and the Coriolis effect due to the Earth's rotation.
> In the nothern
> hemisphere, the wheel should be mounted with the high flange
> on the left
> side. In the southern hemisphere, the wheel should be
> mounted with the high
> flange on the right.
>
> Leonard Bulger
> Ann Arbor, MI