Re: [CR]RE: Phil Wood now Hi-E

(Example: Framebuilders:Tubing)

Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 20:18:53 -0400
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]RE: Phil Wood now Hi-E
To: "Bingham, Wayne R." <WBINGHAM@imf.org>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <5D7622C111F78A4C8A27817E18BBAEB7013357@mlsswn02p.WAS.INT.IMF.ORG>


Yep Hi-E. The heavier duty hubs like these are quite reliable, I put 40K miles on a set, then had them rebuilt like new. That set is from about 1980 and had the reflective stickers (that lead to no markings). My Hi-E track hubs from 1988 or so (custom 92 / 100 mm width by the way are laser cut or something with the Hi-E logo.

So thats a rough bracket.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bingham, Wayne R."
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 5:38 PM
Subject: RE: [CR]RE: Phil Wood now Hi-E



> >>>Brandon Ives <monkeylad@mac.com> wrote:
> >>>I'm 99.9% sure those aren't Phil Wood those are Hi-E.
>
>
> I'll toss in the last 0.1%. Too bad they are missing the wierd Hi-E
> slow releases. Perhaps not as bullet-proof as Phil, but rarer, rad-er,
> superliecht-er, and more of a time piece. I always liked the name
> because it reminded me of a kung fu movie: Hiiiiyeeee!
>
> Sorry for the lame joke.
>
> Tom Dalton<<<<<
>
> I'll have to check when I get home tonight, but those look like the Hi-E
> hubs I have built into a wheel set, which I believe to be early to mid
> 70's. However, mine have the Hi-E marking on the barrel. Does anyone
> know when that started?
>
> Wayne Bingham
> Falls Church, VA