Re: [CR]British hubs

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:03:46 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]British hubs
References: <20031126183318.415.qmail@web40704.mail.yahoo.com>


David Feldman wrote:
>
> Not about UK hubs, but Maxicar shared with all Mavic
> and the latest Campy hubs a feature that no
> quick-release hub should be without--the bearing load
> can be adjusted with the wheel in the bike and the
> skewer tightened. An interesting experiment is to
> fasten an unlaced hub into a frame or fork with a
> quick release and notice how much the bearings are
> tightened by the compression in the axle caused by the
> quick release. The Mavic/Maxicar/new Campy idea lets
> this be adjusted back out.

Back in the day the accepted drill was to adjust the bearings (cup and cone) a scootch loose to compensate for the compression of the axle from the QR skewer. Nice feature though...

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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