Re: [CR]NR front hubs into track hubs

Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 17:32:32 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]NR front hubs into track hubs
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Thomas L. Hayes wrote:
> Could someone please tell me if there is a difference between the innards of
> NR road hub and a NR track hub? The cups and cones appear the same (at
> least to my untrained eye). What I am wondering is, would switching out a
> road, hollow axle with a Campy track axle, keeping the same cones and
> locknuts from the road hub, produce an alternative to buying a NR track
> hub?.

The cones, nuts, washers and bearings are the same, but the hollow road axle is too short for the track axle nuts. Unless you use a quick release instead, but if going to do that you may as well use a road hub.

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA