According to the company's advertisement in l'Equipe magazine, the 700 hubs were used for the first time in the 1973 Tour de France, and then officially introduced at the 1973 Paris show. Originally it was a project of two companies: Perrin and Maillard, so the stickers on the hubs read Perrin/Maillard. HF and LF versions were launched at the same time. At least the Peugeot team riders only had the LF version on their bikes in '73.
Oscar Casander
Arnhem, Holland
> From: r cielec <teaat4p@yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 06:15:56 -0700 (PDT)
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Maillard 700 Team Hubs -Date?
>
> Ahoy !
>
> Maillard 700 Professional Team Issue hubs, LF - I have range from ealry 70's
> to early 80's so not sure on which bike to install them. Although, I've had
> several offers to install them on other peoples bikes. : )
> I assume these were preceeded by the HF version and that the HF were every bit
> as good.
> Can anyone give approx. date?
>
> Thanks.
> Richard Cielec
> Chicago, Illinois
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