[CR]Broken flanges on high flange hubs

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

From: Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@comcast.net>
To: <steve@sburl.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 06:47:02 -0500
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Broken flanges on high flange hubs

Steve, Back in the day, folks sometimes enlarged the holes on hubs to accommodate bladed spokes. I have seen them fail on the drive side rear because of this. Sure not the hubs fault, but if anyone is buying hubs that have had the holes enlarged, they might want to examine them closely there.
Tom Sanders
Lansing, Mi