[CR] EXCELTOO HUBS

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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:21:50 +0100
From: "Norris Lockley" <nlockley73@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR] EXCELTOO HUBS


Exceltoo was the brand name of a range of reasonable to better quality hubs made by a company called Perrin based at BOEN, in the northern connurbation of St Etienne during the 1950s and 60s.

The company manufactured a range of hubs from simple pressed steel ones for children's bikes etc via better quality sports types with alloy flanges pressed onto steel barrels through to forged aluminium alloy ones with either large or small flanges. The cheaper ranges were called New Star, the better ranges were Exceltoo.

At some time, possibly in the 60/70s the company played down the Exceltoo brand and started manufacturing the Pelissier range. whose top of the range product was the 2000 model with its rectified annular bearings and unusual shaped cut-outs in the large coloured anodised flanges. The Exceltoo range did however continue until the company closed down possibly in the late 80s early 90s. At that point the range included medium quality small and large flange hubs that were probably forged for them by Maillard with whom the company started to cooperate in the late 70s in order to try to compete with the Japanese products that were flooding onto the market. It also continued to make tandem hubs including athe Mod 960 drum brake hubs.

Norris Lockley

Settle UK