Re: [CR] Don't use those Normandy Hubs...

(Example: Framebuilders:Pino Morroni)

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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:31:11 -0700
From: "Jim Merz" <jameshmerz@gmail.com>
To: Kenneth Ikeda <finelytreaded@yahoo.com>
Cc: hmsachs@verizon.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Don't use those Normandy Hubs...


http://picasaweb.google.com/portlandjim/JCHiggins#slideshow/5482435874837441714

My first 10 speed, JC Higgins sold in 1963 I think. No later. Hub holes don't show in my photo. I rode this from Portland to Denver right after high school 1964.

Jim Merz Big Sur Ca

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Kenneth Ikeda <finelytreaded@yahoo.com>wrote:
> I have a Gold J.C. Higgins road bike equiped with Campagnolo derailleurs
> and Normandy hubs. I can not find anything about this bike. Does anyone know
> anything about this bike and how it was equiped? The hubs look too new (late
> 60's/70's) for the bike, slotted holes style.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Ikeda
> Portland, Or
>
> >>> 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...