Re: [Classicrendezvous] Helicomatic Bearings

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

From: <Gjvinbikes@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 20:23:41 EST
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Helicomatic Bearings
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 11/11/00 9:10:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, moos@penn.com writes:


> Bob, I just checked Sheldon's website. He has a section on Helicomatics
> under
> French Bicycles, and it implies there there that the 13 5/32 was on the
> right
> side only, while the left was the usual 9 1/4. Don't think I'm ambitious
> enough to strip one of my Heliocomatics to resolve this discrepancy.
>

After finding that both sides of my Helicomatic hub had the same size bearings (5/32), last year, I sent him a note via email pointing out the discrepancy. The site was not altered, so I figured he must have more data than I on this issue.

Still looking for one of the Helicomatic bottle openers.

Glenn Jordan -Durham, NC

Glenn Jordan - just another wrench at the Cycle Center in Durham, NC, USA