Bruce Robbins wrote: (cut) The catalogue also had a drawing of "Campagnolo Automatic Quick Release Hubs". Mark Stevens was saying a few days ago that his 1936 Holdsworth Cyclist Aids catalogue suggested that Campagnolo was exporting back then even though the hubs were made by FB. However, the "Campagnolo" hubs in the Tabucchi catalogue-published two years later-are clearly marked FB but with Campagnolo quick release mechanisms. Could it be that it was just the quick releases that were bearing the Campagnolo name at that time and it was the fact that they were so innovative that led to the FB hubs they came with being known as Campagnolo quick release hubs?
Bruce, carrying the torch of pedantry in Dundee Scotland
Good point Bruce!
Personally, I don't think Campagnolo themselves were exporting their QR in the 1930s (actually what Campagnolo offered was the quick release AND the axle since you need both).
FB offered their hubs with nuts or Campagnolo QR. And FB stamped their hubs with Maino, Bianchi, Legnano, Atala, Willier, Ciclo Piave, Bob's Bikes(!), Pinarello, Simplex, Campagnolo among others.
The 1947 date for Campagnolo beginning to export its product is from their own literature (sometimes the literature is right, sometimes wrong).
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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