Charles; If you're looking for a pair of Hi-E wheels call Carl Kurz at Bikes not Bombs in Roxbury, MA. A few weeks ago we outed that they had five Romic Cycles for sale. I've heard from Carl since then and he thanked us for all the information the CR member gave on Romics. One of the Romics had Hi-E wheels, and possibly Huret componants. I'm not sure if Carl will part the bikes out, or only sell complete. but you might want to call him at(617) 442-0004.
Peter Naiman
Shorewood, WI
> >>>If I bought a new high-quality frame ........ and
> I wanted to outfit
> it for the lightest weight and best performance,
> what sort of trick
> parts group would I have used? ....... weyless
> seat-post maybe. What
> were the lightest hubs, rims, cranks, pedals
> derailleurs and brakes at
> that time? In particular were there any American
> makers making small
> runs of light-weight, high- performance road stuff,
> like High-E for
> instance?<<<<<
> Charles Andrews
>
> Charles -
>
> Hi-E hubs for sure. These laced to Mavic Record Du
> Monde De L'Heure
> rims made a super light (if somewhat fragile)
> wheelset. I have this
> combo, circa '73/4, on my Martin:
>
>
http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
>
http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
> The Huret Jubilee rear derailleur was probably the
> lightest RD of the
> period. Also, I believe Sugino had a crank with
> drilled rings. Wonder
> how that compares, weight-wise, to Campy of the
> period? Of course,
> drillium anything is appropriate. Modolo Pro brakes
> were pretty cool,
> and the levers were perforated and counter-sunk,
> even on the back.
> Modolo also had their brake levers with the resin
> bodies, but that may
> have come a bit later. Anyone know when those
> levers came out?
> Gipiemme had a seat post in the late 70's that was
> significantly lighter
> than Campy's, but I don't know how it compared to
> Weyless. OMAS Ti BB.
>
> Cool idea. Love to mix those esoteric parts in a
> build.
>
> Wayne Bingham
> Lovettsville VA
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