Well, I finally made it to the retired bike-builder's storage unit for some more purchases, and this time came away with just wheels and wheel parts. Some rims I had been looking for, and even saw one that is a dual-purpose (made for clinchers OR tubulars!) rim. That I had never heard of, let alone seen.
The "big catch" was a new, sealed box of NR hubs. Low flange, 126mm bsc "Mozzi Record Strada -- Flange Piccole". I paid $100 for this item.
I already have many used Campy hubs to build with, so I will auction these, but my question is whether to photograph/verify the box's contents. My instinct is to not break the paper band seal, just offer to do so for the winning bidder only at their request. The box, I guess, makes for a nice enough photo.
Is the sealed box a real value-adder, or will a buyer likely insist on seeing the contents? I imagine one could probably soak off the glued portion to verify, but then a fraudulent seller could do the same as well. Is an x-ray practical (joking, sort of)?
There's also an old, somewhat rusted Campy 3-piece LF front hub built into one of the wheels I didn't buy. Is that something anyone needs? Also a ~1960 British NOS Airlite HF rear hub, 40h iir, would I have any luck finding a mate for that? I think I saw a rear wheel with another 3-piece flip/flop track hub as well, but seller wanted to sell that as a spare with his 56cm Paramount track bike.
Oh, about the Paramount!! It's a complete 22" bike, light blue orig paint, Nervex, no chrome. Shows about half of it's age but in VG cond I would say. A spot of rust from a frame pump, and came drilled for a front brake when new (1960 or so). I could make an offer on that bike, I noticed it had a Phil bb and, oh yeah, the lower half of the fork blades are chrome, while the upper half are perfectly round. Parts were a random assemblage but had an NR headset and 27.2 NR post. Would that be worth the ~$650 asking price?
Thanks to all who helped ID the needle-bearing bb and gave pointers on selling the CHP pedals, headsets and posts. I'll do my best to un-earth any other remaining regional parts stashes. I have leads!
David Snyder
Orinda, CA
USA