Re: [CR]Rare (to me anyway) J Moyne hub

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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:48:48 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Rare (to me anyway) J Moyne hub
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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I've got nothing insightful to add, I'd never seen one of these. How far back do freehubs go, and I wonder how far outboard they've got the drive side wheel bearing? Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA

On 7/10/05, Peter Brown <peterg.brown@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> Among a box of parts I have acquired is a J Moyne hub that I have not
> seen before. It is a rear hub, and appears to be similar in function to
> the 1940s/50s Baylis Wiley unit hub which I am more familiar with, in
> that the freewheel is built into the hub. The main difference to the
> B-W hub is that instead of threads for sprockets, it has an octagonal
> block onto which either suitable sprockets or some form of adapter fit,
> to be held in place by a lockring. The hub can be viewed at
> http://ntlworld.photobox.co.uk/album/1571123 . Any information about
> this hub would be appreciated.
> Peter Brown, Lincolnshire, England
>
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