Alan, I don't suppose you (or anyone) have some Hi-E spoke nipples available? I was working on a project a few months ago to rebuild a few pairs of Hi-E wheels. Went to the trouble of obtaining 15-16 butted Robergel (turns out the Hi-E nipples fit French spoke thread while DT and Italian spoke thread was different). But trying to reuse nipples from old wheels, most of them are failing when tensioned. I've given up for now, until I can find some NOS Hi-E nipples. I know I could use conventional nipples, but it ruins that wonderfull Hi-E weirdness.
BTW, I've fallen victim to the Yahoo problem repoted by others where my posts are not showing up. I'm told sometimes the list can actually read the posts from Yahoo users, but not the senders themselves. Don't know if my posts from yesterday got through or not.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
> From: CoteVT@gmail.com <CoteVT@gmail.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Need some advice on H-E Hubs
\r?\n> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 9:48 PM
\r?\n> I wouldn't even consider trying to
\r?\n> fix a failed Hi-E hub. I like repairing rather than tossing
\r?\n> too, but I can't ever imagine finding a replacement flange.
\r?\n> Plus used ones go cheap -- I ebayed a nice, barely used rear
\r?\n> wheel with a Hi-E hub and GL330 rim a few months ago and got
\r?\n> less than $50.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Speaking of Hi-E ... I was into their stuff in the 1980s,
\r?\n> and got aa copy of Harlan Myer's "Encyclopedia of
\r?\n> Efficiency" with my order. A little yellow booklet w/ the
\r?\n> machinist's thoughts on bikes and, ah, much more. Quite a
\r?\n> read if anyone gets the chance ... and the sort of info that
\r?\n> just doesn't come with a new pair of wheels built by robots
\r?\n> in an Asian factory.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Alan Cote
\r?\n> Williston VT
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Mark Pounders wrote:
\r?\n> > I recently bought a bike with an extra set of wheels
\r?\n> thrown in. I realized
\r?\n> > that they were Hi-E Hubs, but the rear hub is broken
\r?\n> on the drive side
\r?\n> > flange. I don't have any experience with Hi-E's and I
\r?\n> haven't disassembled
\r?\n> > the wheel yet, but it looks like the flanges might be
\r?\n> replaceable. I don't
\r?\n> > think this one can be repaired, but I hate to toss
\r?\n> anything out. Any advice
\r?\n> > guys and girls?