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 brewed
> 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.