HM & SS Sachs wrote:
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> Chuck Schmidt commented on a Tom Adams post, the gist being that the
> Cinelli Bivalent will have its operating lever pointed backwards if it
> is put on the right side, and the splines on the front wheel are on the
> right, too. I've been using mine for a decade or so, mounted with the
> lever on the left, and the splines on the left. Works just the same,
> except, as Chuck points out, that the lever points forward when fairly
> tight. I'm feeling sort of sheepish, since I couldn't remember seeing
> them in use when I got mine, so I just relied on the CONI illustration
> (p. 99) for guidance. I might have played with it and come out prefering
> Chuck's way (but, in 40 years, I can't remember tangling a front QR
> lever, so I don't regard this as critical). What is critical (and the
> CONI shows, and Chuck emphasizes) is that the skewer operating lever and
> the splines be on the same side of the assembly. After that, I think it
> has to do more with preference that "correctness." thanks! harvey sachs
> mcLean va
There were variations in the Bivalent hubs. The most obvious being that there was a three piece version (steel barrel and alloy flanges) and also a one piece version (all aluminum).
There were also variations in the skewer threads so that one version of the fronts would have the lever pointed back towards the rear of the bike when tight and mounted on the left and there was another version that was just the opposite.
Of course, how you care to mount them is at the discretion of the owner of the bike.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA
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