Re: [CR]Weyless hubs...

(Example: Humor:John Pergolizzi)

Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 22:25:51 -0400
From: Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com>
To: Sheldon Brown <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Cc: Rich Rose <rrose@normandassociates.com>, "D. Kennard" <d.kennard@home.com>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Weyless hubs...
References: <A9CF4EB95BC44C44A94CA51AF3FE90FEB8A8@server.normandassociates.com> <3B466E34.D5DB7047@penn.com> <v04210112b76d6308555c@[10.0.1.23]>


You are correct as usual, Sheldon. I just checked the skewers on a pair of Weyless hubs I recently bought from Peter Naiman, and the skewer has a noticeably larger diameter, and will not insert through a Phil hub. However, the Timberlin skewers I bought a couple of years ago from Bob Lickton are normal diameter and work fine with Phil hubs.

Regards,

Jerry Moos

Sheldon Brown wrote:
> Jerry Moos wrote:
> >If you like the old Weyless skewers (I do) there are some very similar
> >skewers currently made (or at least made in recent years) by a company
> >called Timberlin. I bought several pairs a couple of years ago from
> >Lickton's to use with Phil Wood hubs, which of course come without
> >skewers. The skewers were quite inexpensive, yet looked totally
> >appropriate with the high snoot Phil hubs. Or maybe they just seemed
> >appropriate to me because they looked so much like Weyless.
>
> I don't know what those were, but if memory serves, you can't use
> _actual_ Weyless skewers in anybody else's hubs, onacountta they're
> thicker than standard and won't fit through the axles.
>
> Sheldon "Owns Two Pairs Of Weyless Rollers And Never Uses Them" Brown
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