Camillo Brivio of FB's 3-piece hubs predate the "Cambio a bacchetta" by under two years - patent applied for in September 1931. Tullio following with the application to patent the single lever quick release device, toothed axle and matching dropout in May 1931. (4- Speed double-sided) though no indication of any particular hub preference. Interestingly FB's hub was patented as an improvement (as being stronger) over the then available one-piece light alloy hubs !
Bob Reid Stonehaven Scotland
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On 31 Dec 2005, at 02:47, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
The 3-piece hubs were in Campagnolo's early post WWII catalogs and I'm sure the 3-piece hubs predate WWII, but I don't know if the first FB hubs Tullio spec'd for his rod changer "Cambio a bacchetta" in '33 were 1-piece steel hubs or the 3-piece steel and aluminum hubs. Anyone know the answer?
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