Tom Dalton wrote:
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> Tom Dalton <tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com> wrote:That's a pretty easy one - there were no Super Record track hubs, the SR group used the same hub as the NR group, which was actually the Record hub, rather than Nuovo Record.
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> HOWEVER, does anyone know if there was supposed to be a titanium axled SR track hub in the original SR track group. If so, were a small number actually made, as with the road hubs? I somehow doubt it, since a titanium track axle might actually have worked and they would have had no reason to discontinue it had they made it in the first place.
The Super Record hubs were originally designed and made with titanium axles but they were eliminated very, very early in the production of the hubs. I imagine that there are some early Super Record hubs out there (a Record hub with a ti axle) but I don't think they were sold that way (all guesses on my part).
I do know for a fact that years ago Euro-Asia Imports, an early importer of Campagnolo, had actual Campagnolo titanium axles for sale (long gone now). Note that OMAS supplied Campagnolo with the ti Super Record parts. Also within the last five or ten years there were Campagnolo compatible ti axles being made by a couple of companies (SRP for example).
There were also some aluminum axles made in Italy back in the 1970s for Campagnolo hubs. Of course the rears didn't last in use at all, but the front ones worked okay.
Anyone else have more info?
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA
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