Dear Fellow CR Listmates:
These wheels on the list I sent out earlier are still available:
(1) Pair of low-flange 36h Campagnolo Nuovo Record hubs (no skewers) laced 3x with butted steel spokes (unknown brand) and alloy nipples (unknown brand) to grey anodized Mavic GEL 280 tubular rims. These wheels are round and true. The bearings should be re-packed but the wheels spin great. The rim beds have been lightly brushed to remove some dried-up glue residue, but I would clean them up some more if I were you before gluing tires to the wheels. The side walls have nearly all of their anodizing except just above and centered over the nipples, where the brake pads rubbed at some point. None of the 72 eyelets on these wheels are cracked. The rear hub is BSC/English threaded. All things considered, I would give these wheels a 7/10 or an 8/10 if you accept sidewall blemishes on 80s-era Mavic grey anodized rims a par for the course. Asking $100.00 plus actual shipping for this wheelset.
(2) One rear 32h FT brand BSC/English threaded hub (no skewer) laced 3x with butted steel spokes (unknown brand) and steel nipples (unknown brand) to a grey anodized 28h Martano "Professional" tubular rim. The spokes were tied and soldered as was the fashion in the day. This wheel feels pretty hefty, but it is round and true and it's in very good mechanical condition (8/10) and cosmetic condition (7/10). If you were so inclined you could polish the hub to make it look new. The bearings should be re-packed. The rim bed need to be cleaned. There are no cracks around the eyelets. There are three Martano decals on the rim: (1) a yellow, bowtie-shaped decal - in nearly perfect condition - with "Martano" written across it in blue - the bowtie overlays a globe with world champion stripes; (2) a silver decal - in nearly perfect condition - with the word "PROFESSIONAL" in black; and (3) a blue decal over the valve hole that's worn off to the point that it's hard to read "Martano" and "MADE IN ITALY" on the face of it. According to CR Listmate Greg with Bicycle Classics (thanks for the input, Greg), FT ("Fratelli Txxxxx" a/k/a "Txxxxx Brothers") was located in Bologna, Italy, and made hubs for Campagnolo from the 1940s until 1958 when Campagnolo introduced its self-designed and manufactured one-piece aluminum-bodied Record hub. Anyway, this FT hub doesn't have a grease port, and looks to me a little like a Mavic 501 series rear hub. Asking $50.00 plus actual shipping for this wheel.
(4) One front 32h low flanged Campagnolo hub (model is unknown, but it's 80s vintage and doesn't have a grease port) that's laced with straight gauge steel spokes (unknown brand) and steel nipples (unknown brand) to a silver Mavic Monthlery tubular rim with intact Mavic decal and a (probably unwanted) Chiquita banana sticker in very good condition ;-) This wheel feel is round and true. If you were so inclined you could polish the hub to make it look new. The bearings should be re-packed. The rim bed needs to be cleaned. There are no cracks around the eyelets. I would rate this wheel's condition as 8/10 mechanically and 6/10 cosmetically. Asking $25.00 plus actual shipping for this wheel.
This rounds up the list that have not been paid for or that have been purchased but not yet paid for. Feel free to call or email me with your questions (as long as you aren't a vintage bike schwag e-window shopper). If you aren't Ted and haven't paid me, please make your payment via PayPal to this email address.
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