[CR]"Filetto" question on Campagnola hubs

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Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:51:48 -0500
From: "Martin O. Walsh" <mowalsh@erols.com>
To: Bob Reid <bob.reid1@virgin.net>
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <B88C03EE.B866%bob.reid1@virgin.net>
Subject: [CR]"Filetto" question on Campagnola hubs

Hi list, I have a 1970 French thread Campagnola Neuvo Record rear hub, with no markings on the hub to tell me it is French....On older Campagnola rear hubs is there a marking method or code when no numbers or BSC, Italian, French IS NOT ENGRAVED ON THE hub body? The method I used to make an educated guess on my 1970 hub was it is a Gitane-French with French pedal threads and only a French freewheel would thread on.....A friend mentioned a subtle coding consisting of a mark = X, two marks = Y and no mark = Z . I do not have an old Sutherland manual or the other known hubs to determine my friends theory (recollection). Any replies greatly appreciated. Yours truly, Martin Walsh in Vienna,Va

Bob Reid wrote:
> Almost certainly
>
> FI = 'Filetto' 'Inglese' - Thread "English"
> FF = 'Filetto' 'Francese' - Thread "French"
>
> According to my friend, the antique dealer from outside Parma......
>
> Bob Reid
> Stonehaven
> Scotland