Re: [CR]WAS: Best vintage italian components other than Campy
NR?NOW:Spontaneous Hub Flange Failure, Ofmega 28 holes
(Example: Bike Shops:R.E.W. Reynolds)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:30:42 -0700
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]WAS: Best vintage italian components other than Campy
NR?NOW:Spontaneous Hub Flange Failure, Ofmega 28 holes
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Would hook-ended Hoshi spokes reduce the stress on the flanges perhaps? I
put a LOT of miles on a radially spoked low-flange Record hub with those an
d
it's still hanging in the carport years later none the worse apparently.
Kurt Sperry
Bellingham WA