re: [CR]Hi E Hubs

(Example: Books:Ron Kitching)

Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:20:23 -0500
From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, aphillips9@mindspring.com
Subject: re: [CR]Hi E Hubs


Ann wrote:

I almost went for these, but with Christmas coming and several bike projects in the works, could not justify the purchase, how ever cool they were...

Search on ebay auction 2204433247

Aren't they just pretty! ================ A couple of notes may be of interest:

1) The front hub shown is the lightweight or time trial model, which we have on my wife's road bike. I don't know that I'd want it on my own (particularly with the 260 gm rim). The standard front was beefier (larger diameter).

2) One possibly unique feature was that the bearings were held in place by the hub flanges. Changing bearings means unlacing at least one side. Fortunately, we've never had to do it.

3) It was possible to get the rear hub to hold with that low-leverage, no-cam skewer. Just deeply notch the top of the horizontal dropout and lock it in place there. If you have enough brake clearance... :-)

harvey sachs
mcLean va