I am fairly certain that the hubs are not Hi-E as I sold or owned most of the variants over the years. The hub shells on Hi-E are press fit, not one piece. The axles and ends are different too. I think the rims are Hi-E because of the lapped seam on the inside surface. Plus the characteristic bumpy look.
Joe Snowy Ann Arbor
At 11:42 PM 4/16/01 -0400, Sheldon Brown wrote:
>Quoth Dave Anderson:
>
>>Can't say that the guy who is selling them has any idea of what sort of hubs
>>they are either. His> ebay title indicates some "campagnolo" item or some
>>> "campagnolo era" item for sale. Both of those issues have no ring of
truth.
>>> One can only assume that they rest of his ebay ad is also false. Its ads
>>> like these that give ebay a questionable name. But then again, he has
over
>> > 317 positive remarks. So it goes?
>
>The use of "Campagnolo" as a keyword to designate exotic high-end
>road parts is a well-established custom on eBay, and I don't consider
>it deceptive at all. Indeed, I recently bought a Hetchins frame that
>was listed as: "Rare Hetchins Curly Bicycle Frame Campagnolo".
>
>I don't know what the hubs are either, they don't look like Hi-Es
>I've seen, but there were multiple variants of these, and I believe
>that the seller is being straight in his or her description. Too bad
>there isn't a close up of one of the rims, might be possible to tell
>something from that. I would mention that, in the '70s, 32 spoke
>wheels were considered radical exotica.
>
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