Re: [CR]black hubs?

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 11:19:48 -0400
From: "Fredrick Yavorsky" <fred@twistcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]black hubs?
In-reply-to: <5.1.1.6.2.20030516080058.0345f968@pop3.norton.antivirus>
To: ADP <aphillips9@mindspring.com>, "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


I have a 71 Paramount with black anodized Campy parts, including brake calipers, levers, seatpost, and crankarms. They look like a factory job down to the while fill on the engraved logos. I was able to track down the original owner (who had Dymo labeled his name on the tubular rims) and he said that in the late 70's he had the parts anodized by his bike shop in California. Many of these parts were also drilled and lightened, too. Oh, and the Phil Wood hubs have black centers. Pictures: http://www.twistcomm.com/Paramount/

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Fred Yavorsky Jenkintown, PA

on 5/16/03 8:04 AM, ADP at aphillips9@mindspring.com wrote:
> I'm reading through a pile of old Bike Worlds I bought from another list
> member, and there is an ad for a home black anodization kit.
>
> Appears that sometime in the mid/late 70s Shimano introduced a Dura Ace kit
> in black and between the ads and bike reviews, it was quite a popular novelty.
>
> I wonder if these poor campy hubs were subject to one of those kits?
>
> Ann Phillips
> Atlanta GA