Harvey Sachs responded:
> Well, Chuck, I realize that you are a bit of a partisan re Signor
> Campagnolo, so let me respond with due tact (?). I would expect finest
> execution from Tullio, but sometimes, maybe once or twice a decade, the
> designs were not up to the execution.... And, FWIW, no one has ever
> claimed that innovation was the postwar lifeblood of the firm, I believe
> we'd have to accept.
Actually Havey, as I have pointed out many times in the past, I'm not a
partisan of Tullio. I enjoy owning and riding bikes of many different
eras with many different parts other than Campagnolo. And every
manufacturer of bike parts, indeed anything for that matter, makes
mistakes. That is a given.
> By the way, I believe that my Schwinn Paramount 3-piece hubs (steel barrel,
> alloy shell) have the cups machined directly into the barrel. It's a
> feature, not an advantage...
I'm assume you mean alloy (aluminum) "flanges" and not "shell"? This was the way all three-piece (steel center barrel with aluminum flanges) hubs were made starting in the 1930s. The advantage (not a feature) is a lighter weight hub.
Conceptually, you take a one piece steel hub, machine off the flanges and press on aluminum versions of the flanges. The next generation would be a one piece aluminum hub and pressed-in steel races (replaceable). Weight is the enemy...
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal
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