At 11:11 AM 12/3/06 -0800, Brandon Ives wrote:
>As I understand
>it by the mid-70s you chose high-flange hubs for one of 3 reasons.
>1. You were riding the track and wanted a stiffer wheel.
>2. You were touring and wanted a better triangulation and dish of the
>spokes.
>3. You liked the looks.
>The third you can't argue since it's a personal preference issue, but
>the first two reasons I think are kinda bunk.
I would tend to agree. Even 50-odd years ago, when I started cycling in England, large flange hubs were considered "bling" (50 years before kids invented the word). I only have them on my old track bike because that's what it came with and it just looks "right".
BTW, why is it that the English have always called them large flange (or wide flange) and small flange, and the Americans call them high flange and low flange? Re-inventing the wheel?
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada