Schwinn sells them without the reflectors. I bought a set from Kopps Cycle in Princeton and stuck them on my Mercian. The Phil Woods look great. Are they <hub cleaners> cool looking? No, but form follows function and I can always remove them if I show the bike.
Mike Schmidt Stirling, NJ USA
On 11/2/06 12:21 AM, "Steve Maas" <bikestuff@nonlintec.com> wrote:
> I remember these. My guess is that they just weren't cool enough.
> Especially, with that cute little reflector that was used as a weight.
>
> Back in the middle ages, we kids used a ring of cotton-insulated wire to
> do the same thing. Worked just as well, and was a lot cheaper.
>
> Steve Maas
> Long Beach, California.
>
>
>
> Don Wilson wrote:
>> I've got a couple old bikes with leather straps on the
>> hubs. I believe they are called hub cleaners. For some
>> reason, I'm fond of them and don't take them off. Why
>> did they used to be in prevalent use and why did they
>> fall out of favor?
>>
>> Don Wilson
>> Los Olivos, CA USA
>>
>>
>>
>> D.C. Wilson dcwilson3@yahoo.com
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