Wheels Mfg. Campy solid rear axle in 174mm length is $10 wholesale from HawleyUSA in S.C. UBP also sells the same 10X26X174 axle for $8.45 It is slotted. Expect to pay at least $20 at dealer level. Loose Screws also sells Wheels Mfg axles direct, iir. See web site.
With your stout sewup wheels, what tire would be suitable for such loads? Without a disc or drum brake to hold the tandem back, I would worry about the glue melting fast coming down from the hills. I can't remember ever seeing a road tandem using sewups, but with relatively light riders I suppose it could work ok for limited use.
David Snyder
Auburn, CA USA
> My question is this: of all the sew-up rims made from 1965
> to 1975, which were the most robust? I'm going to take a
> set of 40-hole hf hubs and have them rebuilt with sew-up
> rims, and I'd like the wheels to actually be strong enough
> to take the abuse they suffer on the Pogliaghi. I'd love to
> use a pair of 40-hole bow-tie Martanos I have here (need
> washers), and they always seemed pretty strong, but without
> ferrules, I wonder. Would Fiamme red-labels be the best
> choice, or what?
>
> On a related subject, is it possible to get after-market
> solid axles for Campagnolo road hubs? Long enough for a
> road rear, standard threading for cones and nuts and track
> nuts. That's the other thing that worries me about these
> wheels: the hubs are standard road hubs, with standard
> hollow axles, and it's easy to imagine the rear axle
> snapping right in half under the kind of torque two tandem
> riders put out.
> >
> Charles Andrews
> SoCal