Dear Kurt.
Welcome to the list. It's always nice to have a new member.
About these ebay hub shells, before you bid, find out if there are still cone races around for these. These are the peaces that hold the ball bearings in place as the wheel turns, and without these the hub shells are just scrap metal.
Something you should know about the bike industrie is that they don't supply parts of older bikes. Once the new model comes out, the factories only make parts for the current groups. Back when I worked in bike shops many a decent wheel set was recycled because there were no more cones, gears, eta. Buyer be wear!
The seller may already know this, and is just hoping not to have to the classiest metal recycling on his block.
Have a nice weekend.
Tom Harriman.
San Francisco, Ca
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:14:08 -0500
> From: kenfreeman096@gmail.com
> To: shrew13@yahoo.com
> CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR] Campagnolo hub quality question
>
> Ok, I'll go first.
>
> I haven't bought a Nuovo Tipo for a long time, but my recollection is that
> when new they were not as smooth as Nuovo Record or Super Record, but when
> run-in are excellent-spinning hubs with very good durability. These are the
> ones with round holes in the flanges. They're also a little heavier than NR
> and SR, and do not have oil ports in the central section. The original QRs
> have a knurled area rather than a bail to grip.
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:00 AM, Kurt Henry <shrew13@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > After a good bit of discussion on other topics yesterday, I thought now
> > would be a good time to chime in with a question about something that I
> > think would be perfectly on-topic: vintage Campagnolo hubs!
> >
> > Let me start by saying I love to look at vintage bikes and read about
> > vintage bikes, but I actually KNOW nothing. Nada. Zip. So I'm coming to
> > the folks that do know.
> >
> > I'm curious about the quality of various non-Record hubs in the Campagnolo
> > product line. I think high flange hubs are the best looking thing around,
> > but I'm not super fond of looks of the long slot Record high flange hubs. I
> > always though the high flange Tipo (also called "cheapo", I've heard?)
> > looked great. Then I saw the high flange Gran Sport hubs (EX: there are a
> > bunch of NOS shells on E-bay right now, such as item 280455622264) and
> > realized it had gotten better....or had it?
> >
> > How do the quality of the "other" Campagnolo high flange hubs stack up
> > against Record hubs, and what is the difference? I'm assuming that similar
> > vintage Tipo or Gran Sport hubs would be heavier than Record hubs, but is
> > there a difference in design, bearings, or races that make them somehow less
> > useful or reliable? I'm not worried about a couple of ounces due to an
> > aluminum part on a Record hub being substituted for a steel part on a Tipo
> > hub, but I would not want to build up a wheel with one only to have problems
> > with it. Any thoughts?
> >
> > All the best,
> > Kurt Henry
> > Lancaster, PA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
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> Ken Freeman
> Ann Arbor, MI USA