RE: {CR} WTB Nuovo Tipo front cones

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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
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Subject: RE: {CR} WTB Nuovo Tipo front cones
Thread-Topic: {CR} WTB Nuovo Tipo front cones
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:51:25 +0000
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Anthony Taylor wrote:
> I recently bought a pair of Nuovo Tipo front cones only to find
> they would not fit. The ones I bought came from a NT front hub, but
> had 10 mm x 26 TPI threads.

I strongly doubt those 10 mm cones were ever in a front hub -- they are rear cones, period. A 10 mm axle won't even fit in a front dropout. I can imagine a custom-made front hub with a 10 mm axle, and the dropouts could be filed out to fit, but Campy would never have done that.

Mark Bulgier Seattle, WA USA

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