[CR]NOW: Sport hubs WAS: Tipo hubs

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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:57:44 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: [CR]NOW: Sport hubs WAS: Tipo hubs

Alan Bernstein wrote:
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> I have a set of Tipo hubs, all steel. Nicely polished, but definitely not FB
> type hubs. What period? They feel smooth and look great.
>From the Campagnolo Timeline <http://www.velo-retro.com>:

"1966 - The Sport low-cost hubset (large and small flange all steel hub) is introduced in January. Patent granted for self-centering wine bottle opener in the shape of a bell (lever pivots are the patented hollow chainring bolts.)"

Tipo (Nuovo Tipo) hubs were one piece aluminum; Sport hubs were one piece steel.

Chuck "Vecchio Tipo" Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

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