Re: [CR] Hobbs Restoration

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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:12:02 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Hobbs Restoration
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Looks like there's a place in the UK that has them:

http://tinyurl.com/6dz8jj

John Betmanis Woodstock, Ontario Canada

At 11:54 AM 13/11/2008 -0800, Alan Lloyd wrote:
>Others will, I'm sure, correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that the Dutch, amoungst others, still use them?
>
>I think that they are also still used in India & China?
>
>I come across them from time to time when I am patching tubes for the bicycle co-op here and keep them for old time's sake, I have a few at home now ...
>
>Alan Lloyd
>Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.A.
>
>
>--- On Thu, 11/13/08, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org wrote:
>
>> Today's Topics:
>> 8. Hobbs Restoration
>> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:13:15 EST
>> From: Tmyden@aol.com
>> Subject: [CR]Hobbs Restoration
>>
>> Finally I have assembled my 1938 Hobbs. Lytalloy brakes
>> have been replaced with Resilion Cantilevers and the
>> Huret Derailleur replaced with a Cyclo 3 speed. I am
>> now being bugged by the Period Correct Demon, does anyone
>> know of any source of inner tubes with the ( period
>> correct ) Woods Valve. I have the correct tubes that
>> came with the bike and survived but I would like to
>> obtain a back up set. There must be some out there
>> somewhere. I will be returning to the UK in March
>> so any lead there would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks in anticipation
>> Ron Tandy, _tmyden@aol.com_ (mailto:tmyden@aol.com) ,
>> Westminster, California.