Re: [CR]Freewheel threads on hubs...when did they start telling us what the threading was?

Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:50:19 -0600
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Freewheel threads on hubs...when did they start telling us what the threading was?
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From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>

Tom Sanders wrote:
> I just rebuilt and polished up a lovely set of high flange Tipo hubs. They
> had a Cyclo '64 five speed freewheel on them, so I am assuming them to be a
> French thread, but I see no such designation on them. Is there an easy to
> tell the threading on hubs when it is not specified on them?

Older English thread Campy hubs were marked with a single groove on the hub shoulder (where later versions stamped the thread specification):

http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/old-english-campy.jpg

Italian and French were both unmarked, but readily distinguished by the difference in diameter (36mm for Italian; 35mm for French).

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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA