[CR]Hi-Lo rear hubs

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Avocet)

Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:11:56 -0500 (EST)
From: "Emanuel Lowi" <lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <MONKEYFOODABZnegWmQ00003c71@monkeyfood.nt.phred.org>
Subject: [CR]Hi-Lo rear hubs

I see several manufacturers have made hi-lo rear hubs over the years: Campy, Maxicar, maybe Phil.

Seems like a good idea at first glance -- but i'm no engineer.

If it is a good idea, why hasn't the concept become ubiquitous? Or is one better off just using an all HF rera hub for greatest strength?

Or does it matter most how many cogs one has got running back there, or whether freewheel vs. cassette?

Emanuel Lowi Montreal, Quebec (where they hit us for duty and TWO taxes on imported used vintage cycle components and frames, and a handling fee on top of it. But we have free health care!)

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