Are they track hubs?
Rick Chasteen, Kansas City
> Hi Group,
> I rebuilt a pair of wheels yesterday for list member Dan Kretzer.
> The Campagnolo hubs are a style that I am not familiar with. They had
> some of the characteristics of Record and some of Nuovo Tipo. They are
> large flange. The basic shape of the shells are Record including the
> elongated holes; however they do not have oil holes and they have the
> Tipo style logo. The axle lock nuts are Tipo style and are marked '70.
> The skewers are Record style but with Tipo style nuts. Of course these
> could have been changed. The wheels came on a Raleigh Gran-Sports.
>
> My first guess was that the holes had been modified by a machinist. Dan
> said that he compared them to Tipo hubs at home and reported that it
> would have been impossible to do that because of the orientation of the
> holes. Now I am guessing that they are the first generation Tipo hubs
> that you guys all know about and I am showing my ignorance... Anybody
> know the story?
>
> Jamie Swan Centerport Cycles / Northport Long Island, New York