Russ Fitzgerald wrote:
>I outsmarted myself today. I felt so good about finding a nice rear wheel
>with a Campy Nuovo Record hub, complete with skewer. I got home and dug out
>the cone wrenches and discovered, hey, it's a 1984! Then I wiped the grime
>off and discovered - it's French threaded. Hmmm.
>
>It's an interesting wheel, for me. Laced up with Wheelsmith stainless
>spokes to a Mavic GEL 330 ... but French thread? I thought that was gone by
>1982 ...
I lived in France in 1988-89. At that time, French thread was still used for the traditional 1 & 3-speed 650B utility bikes sold in supermarkets, but it was extinct for better bikes. MTBs were ISO, better road bikes were Italian.
Sheldon "Out Of The Frying Pan..." Brown
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