Not about UK hubs, but Maxicar shared with all Mavic
and the latest Campy hubs a feature that no
quick-release hub should be without--the bearing load
can be adjusted with the wheel in the bike and the
skewer tightened. An interesting experiment is to
fasten an unlaced hub into a frame or fork with a
quick release and notice how much the bearings are
tightened by the compression in the axle caused by the
quick release. The Mavic/Maxicar/new Campy idea lets
this be adjusted back out.
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> With all this talk about the best components, hubs
> come to mind. As
> most know, I am partial to Maxi-Car, or even Maxi
> before that (the
> axle had a groove only on the non-drive side, so you
> adjust that
> side, and the non-grooved drive-side is stronger and
> less prone to
> failure. And the dustcaps are screwed in, so they
> are easy to remove
> when you want to clean out the old grease.)
>
> But what about British hubs? Airlite, Harden, etc.
> Which are best and
> why? What made them special? I have heard great
> things about them
> through the grapevine, but never used them.
>
> --
> Jan Heine, Seattle
> Editor/Publisher
> Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
> http://www.mindspring.com/
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