[CR]Fwd: GB catalog , now GB hubs

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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:01:34 -0400
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Larry Osborn" <losborn2@wvu.edu>
Subject: [CR]Fwd: GB catalog , now GB hubs


>
>I am very pleased to announce that the pre-'64 GB catalog scans are
>available at
>http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/GB-early60s/
>
>Check it out, lots of cool info & pics. Names of all the handlebars
>with drawings and dimensions, light-alloy and Kromo stems, brakes
>(including exploded diagrams!), hubs (GB made hubs?!), wing-nuts,
>stainless toe clips...
>
>Huge thanks to Larry Osborn for making this available to all.
>
>Mark Bulgier
>Seattle WA USA

In response to Mark Bulgier's question about GB hubs:

High probability that the hubs were made by Altenberger. The shape of the QR lever is quite distinctive, as are the drillings in the flanges. Poor drawing of the hub in the GB catalog but that QR lever is difficult to confuse with anything else I've ever seen. And GB and Altenberger did have something going together on brakes. Some pics of Altenberger hubs at: http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British_isles/Harris_Reg/R_Harris_LO_bike.htm but sorry, I accidentally left out the pic of the QR lever. I do have one. These are the only Altenberger hubs I've ever seen.

Larry "Heebie_GBs" Osborn
Morgantown WV