RE: [CR]Avocet Parts Questions

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Subject: RE: [CR]Avocet Parts Questions
Thread-Topic: [CR]Avocet Parts Questions
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From: "Bingham, Wayne R." <WBINGHAM@imf.org>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 18:13:57 -0400

The Monkeyman wrote:
>>>>OK, I just won a NOS pair of Avocet hubs with the box on Ebay for $20 < http://ebay.com/<blah> I never expected winning the hubs, but I was the only bidder. What's up with that? Sure they're not Weyless, but they're quite nice hubs. Anyway, I've always liked their stuff. As I remember they made seats, seatposts, hubs, cranks. . .was there anything else? I know the stuff was contracted out, so who actually built their stuff?<<<<

I have the same NOS rear hub (in a similar box intended for a pair, but the front is missing) that was given to me by a friend a few years ago. The hub is actually quite nice. If it were a pair, I probably would have done something with it by now. Anyone have a front lying around they'd give up? Or does someone need the rear I have? Mine is unhappy and needs a mate. I think you got a heck of a deal on those, Mr. Monk!

I'm not sure who made the hubs, but I'm fairly certain that Ofmega made the cranksets, and a lot of the stuff was anodized in colors. I have a blue Avocet track crank on my fixed-gear, and a red one still in the box. Also have a seat post in the box, and agree that the stuff is all pretty nice.

Wasn't someone trying to build a bike with a complete Avocet "group" a while back? Was the you, Joe B-Z? So far, we've identified seat post, hubs, crank, BB, pedals and clips, and I seem to remember headsets as well. Don't ever recall derailleurs, but since Ofmega made those too, who knows?

Wayne Bingham
Falls Church VA