In a message dated 7/4/03 6:16:25 PM, dbilenkey@sympatico.ca writes:
>Anyone have any definitive dates or memories of when Bullseye sealed bearing
>hubs became available? I'm pretty sure that they were available before '83
>but I'd love to know exactly when they first became available. Also if
>anyone has any images of early/original hubs, I'd like to see them, also
>I'm curious to know if they came with skewers and if so what they looked
like.
>I'm trying to date a set of wheels I just acquired, they have the older
>oval
>sticker on the shells.
>
We were using them in the early 70s but Rodger is still around, why not ask
him? And the hubs didn't come with skewers but Allen bolts with really nice
heavy beveled washers. The axles were hollow in the normal way so you could use a
skewer.
Phil Brown
San Rafael, Ca