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. Bob Lickton seemed amused that I still remembered Weyless.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Rich Rose wrote:
> If I remember correctly, the Weyless hubs & seatpost were introduced in
> early 1976. I was at the Huffy corporate design office the summer of
> 1976, and my boss had some samples that he was given at the Toy Fair in
> NYC that past January. Everyone at the office thought they were very
> cool, especially the skewers.
> Richard Rose (Toledo, Ohio)
>
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> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 2:32 AM
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> Subject: [CR]Weyless hubs...
>
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone out there used Weyless hubs for a long time?
> What time period are they correct for?
> Any opinions about quality/longevity? Any problems?
> Are the bearings easily replaced, or....
> Thanks as always,
>
> Duane Kennard