Charlie, I believe that 'Racelite' was a BH / British Hub product. If memory serves the line included Solite, Racelite and Airlite. Regards, Matthew Gorski Belmont Shore, CA
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> Folks:
>
> I have recently acquired a ca. 1963 Raleigh Gran Sport that is fitted with
> Racelite hubs. A search of the CR site (using that fine new search engine;
> thanks Dale) indicates that Racelite hubs were a Milremo product. Anyone
know
> where (who) fabricated these hubs? Information on their level of quality
and
> durability would also be appreciated.
>
> Here is a link to the completed auction for the bike:
>
> http://ebay.com/
>
> Note the red anodized lever on one of the GB Superhood Rapide brake
levers. I
> have a hard time believing that it "wore off" the other one and think that
the
> red one may been a replacement for the original.
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie Young
> Honeybrook, PA
>
> p.s. I plan to keep it intact despite the disparity in the quality of the
> components relative to the frame...This one surely seems to be a case of
the
> individual component values vastly outstripping the cost of the complete
> bike.