Re: [CR]Maxi Car Bivalents?

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Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:21:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Maxi Car Bivalents?
To: Eric Elman <tr4play@cox.net>, Dmitry Yaitskov <dima@rogers.com>
In-Reply-To: <1039447137.20081201180039@rogers.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

You're forgetting the Zeus 2000 FW.  IIRC it has Ti body and alloy cogs.   I have a couple on bikes if I want to pull and inspect one.  Maybe th e best compromise between super lightweight and decent durability.  I've had no trouble with them but never put a whole lot of miles on one.

Regards,

Jerry Moos


--- On Mon, 12/1/08, Dmitry Yaitskov wrote:


From: Dmitry Yaitskov <dima@rogers.com> Subject: Re: [CR]Maxi Car Bivalents? To: "Eric Elman" <tr4play@cox.net> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 5:00 PM

Hi,

Monday, December 1, 2008, 5:22:57 PM, Eric Elman wrote:
> Check'em out on eBay item # 370122540348
> What are these? To me, the front hub looks like a grande flange Maxi Car ,
> rare but not unseen; the rear is unusual, grande flange but with what
> appears to be a freewheel portion made to remain engaged to the frame
> drop-out while the hub/wheel itself can be removed. Is this a home brewe d
> hub or am I just unaware of this Maxi Car hub variation? Obviously reminds
> me of the rear hub of the rare Cinelli Bivalents.

The rear hub looks like the one on Alex Singer bikes as described in the very first issue of VBQ (pgs. 11, 12) - the idea being, as far as I understand, to allow removing/reinstalling the rear wheel (e.g. to fix a flat) without as much as touching the chain (the frame has an extra "stationary" cog attached to the dropout, you switch to it, then unscrew the "wing-bolt", and voila!). Pretty cool... I would trade an 11 speed drivetrain for such a feature any day (not that I have any bikes with 11 speeds), esp. for a touring bike.
> Either way, pretty cool.... and being bid on accordingly....

Indeed :)

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Cheers,
Dmitry Yaitskov,
Toronto, Canada.