I have had several late 70's early 80's Dura Ace hubsets. Still have a high flange set that gets ridden occasionaly. The Dura Ace name only appears on the dust covers. The hub body is marked "Shimano" and has a logo. The oil clip is chrome and has cut outs. These were nice durable hubs from back in the day when Shimano was copying Campy.
Norm Lafleur
Ashfield, Ma.
> marc garcia wrote:
>
>> I picked up what appear to be some very nice wheels.
>> They're great arya silver silky finish rims with
>> reinforced eyelets laced to shimano hubs. The hubs
>> have oil holes and black clip covers. They seem to be
>> early shimano hubs, could they be early dura ace hubs?
>> What shimano hubs came with oil holes?
>
> Dura-Ace did, and I have a pile of late 70s-early 80s 105s that also
> have oil clips. Dura-Ace hubs should say "Dura-Ace" on them.
>
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> John (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA