Re: [CR]Road trips! Zeus...30 hole stuff!

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From: "jerrymoos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Renaissance Cycles" <info@renaissance-cycles.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <001f01c321fc$2a1a0790$1eaf5dd5@home>
Subject: Re: [CR]Road trips! Zeus...30 hole stuff!
Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 18:04:06 -0500


BC are these really 30 hole hubsets? I don't pretend to be the world's greatest wheel building expert, but I've never before heard of a bicycle hub or rim with a number of holes that was not evenly divisible by 4. That is, I've seen 24, 28, 32, 36, 40 and (for tandems) 48 hole hubs, but never 26, 30, or 34. Never really thought about this before, but wouldn't a 30 hole hub require an unconventional lacing pattern? Maybe this is an inside joke and I'm the only one who doesn't get it.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Houston, TX


----- Original Message -----
From: Renaissance Cycles
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 8:55 AM
Subject: [CR]Road trips! Zeus...30 hole stuff!



> Hey Zeus fans and others!...........You read it right!
>
> We have some Zeus 30 hole, 6 speed HF hubsets........French thread. Was said
> to be the ''HOT DEAL!'' of Southern France of which I am told was
> a specialty of the late master wheel builder HR Borthavre. You can get a
> taste by checking out Zeus page on the CR site. To some a weird deal but
> definitely something different...............Hubs there shows custom 60
> hole hubs. The hubsets we have are normal 30 hole drilling. And we have the
> rims as well, Martano Tipo Corso with polished finish or Mavic Record Du
> Monde De L 'Heure, anodized gold, or a bronze type of finish.
>
> Here's the deal 1 pair of hubs and your choice of 1 pair of the rim
> offerings. $ 150.- for the set, extra pair of rims $ 15.-. QRs on the
> hubsets are flat with
> cone shaped nuts..................Only 2 pairs are being made available for
> this offering. These hubsets will not be offered for sale on the site. We
> are holding
> them over for some of the Zeus framesets of we which we are hoping to build
> up as complete Zeus bicycles...........When opening shop in the SB aera we
> are hoping to floor retro riggs and these will be some of the
> offerings........So to say we are not in a big hurry to move these
> hubsets......But I thought I'd give
> the list a chance first. Now for the spoke sizes, I'm hoping to have this
> info in a few days or so.
>
> BTW: In the past they was a CR post mentioning a current production of a HF
> hub offering! Anybody remember these hubsets and would anybody
> have info on them...................I'll be looking for 30 hole rear hubs
> and hoping that this may be the ticket for our needs............We have
> ''TONs!''
> of front hubs but I'm in need of rears!...............................And we
> have loads and loads of rims and we would like to put them to good use.
>
> Let me know, till then you all have a great weekend....................It
> looking like winter here.
>
> BC
> Baron C..................And the gang!!
> Renaissance cycles,
> Eindhoven Holland.