[CR]British hubs

(Example: Framebuilding)

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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:57:08 -0800
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Jan Heine" <heine93@earthlink.net>
Subject: [CR]British hubs

With all this talk about the best components, hubs come to mind. As most know, I am partial to Maxi-Car, or even Maxi before that (the axle had a groove only on the non-drive side, so you adjust that side, and the non-grooved drive-side is stronger and less prone to failure. And the dustcaps are screwed in, so they are easy to remove when you want to clean out the old grease.)

But what about British hubs? Airlite, Harden, etc. Which are best and why? What made them special? I have heard great things about them through the grapevine, but never used them.

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Jan Heine, Seattle
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Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
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