Campy Record high flange drive side low flange non drive?
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Campy Record high flange drive side low flange non drive?
Any ideas about this hub? What were they used for?
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I don't know much about them but if it is for sale you should buy it. See this thread
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Ahh, they are called the 'hilo', only real google listing relates to a track hub for Olympic use. This is for a freewheel.
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Yes, they were called hi/low, came out in the early 70s: rear had a high flange on the freewheel side, low on the other. They were never very popular and still turn up NOS on ebay, like these I bought a couple of years ago (these are 80s ones). I kind of like em, in an odd sorta way...
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I dunno that they weren't popular, but you had to go out of your way to get them. I saw a couple of Campy hi/low, including one flying through the air as the absolutely gorgeous bike in front of me disintegrated during a juniors race in Philly. IIRC, that bike had a 28 hole crows foot lacing on the drive side and radial everywhere else. I remember thinking it was too lightly built before the race, and then after the race it was in pieces. That's the only rim I ever saw that was in pieces like that.
I had a Hi-e high/low flange rear, and I'm pretty sure Phil Wood had some.
I had a Hi-e high/low flange rear, and I'm pretty sure Phil Wood had some.
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I believe that the theory was to use a shorter spoke on the dished-in side of the wheel to offset the dish (shorter spoke, less acute angle on the drive side). I have a hi-e wheel somewhere, but I haven't ever tried it out.
I'm afraid I might get some pieces, there, like your junior buddy.
I'm afraid I might get some pieces, there, like your junior buddy.
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Heh, I wonder how my 180lb self will do on these Nisi Slugi 290 tubular rims with DC streets =)
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Sludi? Those are serious lightweights. I saw one of those completely taco after almost nothing untoward happened to them. If it were my rim, I'd leave it for the track (which I've never done either ).
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FWIW white industries does a similar design for their very pricey H1 road hubs, but the high isn't quite as high.
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The Hi-lo Campagnolo hubs allegedly were a 1972 West German Olympic Team thing. In or about 1977-78 Euro-Asia ordered 500 sets, as that was the minimum order for Campagnolo to do a special run. They wholesaled for $49.95 a pair. Shop rats bought them for the cool factor, they were expensive compared to the equal flange sets. I bought a pair back then, just too cool to pass up.
Most if not all the units on ebay are from this run, perhaps an auction out of Germany might be for the "team" version. The Euro-Asia sets had the CPSC friendly skewers.
I have built up a few sets with these hubs, there is a very minor improvement of spoke angle from centerline, no noticeable improvement of spoke tension.
They were Bling before bling was a term.
Most if not all the units on ebay are from this run, perhaps an auction out of Germany might be for the "team" version. The Euro-Asia sets had the CPSC friendly skewers.
I have built up a few sets with these hubs, there is a very minor improvement of spoke angle from centerline, no noticeable improvement of spoke tension.
They were Bling before bling was a term.