Re: [CR]Information Please: Campagnolo High Flange thread pitch grooves

(Example: Framebuilding:Paint)

Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:47:03 -0600
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Information Please: Campagnolo High Flange thread pitch grooves
References: <996729.90924.qm@web51612.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <996729.90924.qm@web51612.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>


bruce thomson wrote:
> My small flange hubs have the thread pitch stamped between the end of the f
> reewheel threads and the flanges. My High Flange hubs do not. But on
> some there are grooves. No groove meand ??, one groove means??, and two
> grooves mean ?? I saw this information at least one time earlier and
> now cannot find it. If anyone has the answers AND a source please reply.

Your large flange hubs are older than your small flange ones; Campy only started printing the thread pitch in the early 80's IIRC. A single groove on an older Campy hub indicates English threading. 2 grooves is French, no grooves is Italian.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA