Hi Kevin, Many thanks for showing us the Gran Sport hub. Did they offer this in large flange configuration too? I assume that the wheel has not suffered from breaking spokes etc. I have not really looked at the configuration of rear hubs to any great extent and this issue has come as a bit of a (nasty) surprise. All the best, Peter Rogers Barrie, Ontario, Canada
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From: "kevin sayles" <kevinsayles@tiscali.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:55 AM
To: "Peter Rogers" <pjrogers@rogers.com>; <hmsachs@verizon.net>;
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Don't use those Normandy Hubs...
> Hi Peter, Harvey
>
> Whilst I can't offer any insight into Normandy hubs......maybe you might
> find a Campag 'Gran Sport' [circa 1975] hub of interest in that it shares
> the same flange configuration as the Normandy hubs in question.
>
> Like a 'piste' hub the offside bearings are 'inboard' of the flange, my
> hub is a 40 hole and mated to a MA40 clincher and was/is the intended
> wheel for the 'Le Eroica'....if I ever get my act together to ride it?
>
> Pics of the hub can be found on my flickr pages.......as is some pics of
> another Bi-laminated frame I made for a good friend who recently painted
> it himself.....not so surprising as he's a very clever chap who teaches
> vintage car restoration.......
>
> Cheers
> Kevin Sayles
> Bridgwater Somerset UK
> http://www.flickr.com/
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Rogers" <pjrogers@rogers.com>
> To: <hmsachs@verizon.net>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 1:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR] Don't use those Normandy Hubs...
>
>
>> Hi Harvey,
>> Many thanks for the head-up.
>> I'll be interested if you have a later version of the same hub for sale.
>> I only just noticed how far out the left flange is before I read your
>> email, but I though nothing of it.
>> I wonder if modern, slightly thicker gauge spokes, would cope with the
>> stress.
>> Anyway, many thanks again.
>> All the best,
>> Peter Rogers
>>
>> Barrie, Ontario, Canada
>>
>>
>> From: hmsachs@verizon.net
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 6:40 PM
>> To: pjrogers@rogers.com ; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Subject: Don't use those Normandy Hubs...
>>
>>
>> My first J.C. Higgins, dated about 1960 or '61 (Campag Gran Sport) came
>> with these hubs, and the rear has a nasty defect. In Peter's picture,
>> notice the position of the left flange. It is almost as far to the left
>> as possible. This leads to a super-dished wheel, and they are incredibly
>> efficient at popping the overstressed right side spokes.
>>
>> I suspect that this configuration was a relict from early 3- and 4-speed
>> versions, where the dish would have been less extreme. I have a pair of
>> the slightly later hubs, which look identical, but the left flange is
>> moved inboard. Of course, on that bike, the spokes don't break, since it
>> is the closest thing I have to a wall-art decoration; I haven't ridden it
>> in a couple of years.
>>
>> your mileage may vary.
>> harvey sachs
>> mcLean va
>> Peter, ask me next week if I have a spare of the slightly later ones...
>>
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>> Peter Rogers asked about the age of some Normandy HF hubs, illustrated at
>> http://petersclassicwheels.blogspot.com/
>> I have a set of large flange Normandy hubs with round holes and Q/R
>> axles.
>> They differ from Normandy Luxe hubs which have elongated holes in the
>> flanges.
>> Does anyone know when these particular style of hubs were manufactured?
>> I understand that they may date back as early as the 1950's.
>> Any help will be much appreciated.