Some early track hubs were designed without dust caps at all. Also, have a look in your seatpost...my CCM's from the period have cork down there as well.
Warren Young
-----Original Message----- From: Wornoutguy@aol.com [mailto:Wornoutguy@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 10:21 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Some things I had not seen before on my old track bike
I unpacked my 30s track bike and came across some things I wanted to see if anyone knew about or had seen before. Someone drilled holes along the bottom edge of the leather and then laced the underside of the saddle like a shoe.
The Handlebars are plugged with cork. The dust caps have been removed from the hubs. The bike is a track bike but has wing nuts on the front wheel. I
am 4 hours into cleaning it and just getting started. Sam D.