Hey cool; so they are Schwinn drilled? Were they only sold separately, or fitted to production bikes? During what years were they done this way? Any knowledge of Schwinn bending the skewer handles too? (yeah; lots of questions...)
Duane Kennard -thanks for the info! -SoCal
On Friday, October 25, 2002, at 09:13 PM, ABikie@aol.com wrote:
> According to the experts I asked at 'Schwinn School' in the early
> 1970's while Iwas attending, the 72-hole hubs came about because
> Schwinn discovered thet the beveling (chamfering) of the spoke holes
> they performed made a strength compromise.
> They then drilled a new set of holes without chamfering and left the
> original holes (what else could they do with these holes?) for
> 'lightening.'
>
> Larry 'P10,13,14,15,T22-aholic'Black