High Flange/Low Flange or Large Flange/Small Flange?
01-20-13, 10:48 AM
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High Flange/Low Flange or Large Flange/Small Flange?
Back in my younger days, (ahem) I referred to hubs as high flange/low flange until I was corrected by an older "more knowledgeable" type who said it was large flange/small flange.
Which do you say and why?
Say flange a few times out loud...doesn't it start to sound strange?
Which do you say and why?
Say flange a few times out loud...doesn't it start to sound strange?
01-20-13, 11:06 AM
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I think it is pronounced "Fa lange eeee"
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01-20-13, 12:20 PM
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Well played.
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It's high-flange & low-flange. 
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01-20-13, 01:22 PM
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I'm sizing up hubs for my next build, and almost all vendors talk about high or low. Your oldtimer friend was right though in Italian: campy boxes are marked either grande or piccolo.
01-20-13, 01:27 PM
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Lets not forget the Hi/Lo
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.as...=110&AbsPos=33
PS The boxes say Flange Grandi and Flange Piccole.
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.as...=110&AbsPos=33
PS The boxes say Flange Grandi and Flange Piccole.
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01-20-13, 01:31 PM
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It always was "High" and "Low" for me....which was sometimes shortened to "Hi" and "Lo" for added modern khewlness.....
But what does a crabon C&V bike lover like me know anyway......maybe I should call them charcoal bikes instead then and half the C&Vers won't notice.....
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But what does a crabon C&V bike lover like me know anyway......maybe I should call them charcoal bikes instead then and half the C&Vers won't notice.....
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It doesn't matter. Even Campagnolo used the terms interchangeably, within the same catalog!
01-20-13, 02:09 PM
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Flanges? I don't need no stinkin' flanges.
01-20-13, 02:10 PM
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True. Until you come across an ad that reads LF whatever hubs. Then you have to ask...low flange or large flange.
01-20-13, 02:44 PM
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Lets not forget the Hi/Lo
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.as...=110&AbsPos=33
PS The boxes say Flange Grandi and Flange Piccole.
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.as...=110&AbsPos=33
PS The boxes say Flange Grandi and Flange Piccole.
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High flange;
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01-20-13, 02:59 PM
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I have a set of both and have always heard read high and low. At the moment the low arr built into a set of wheels on my 87 Paramount while the high are in a drawer waiting for my budget to accomodate a worthy set of rims.
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I know of them as high/low flange.
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Lets not forget the Hi/Lo
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.as...=110&AbsPos=33
PS The boxes say Flange Grandi and Flange Piccole.
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.as...=110&AbsPos=33
PS The boxes say Flange Grandi and Flange Piccole.
01-20-13, 06:34 PM
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High Flange/Low Flange or Large Flange/Small Flange?
The cool racing set- up from my racing days was small flange on the back wheel and large flange up front.
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Back in my younger days, (ahem) I referred to hubs as high flange/low flange until I was corrected by an older "more knowledgeable" type who said it was large flange/small flange.
Which do you say and why?
Say flange a few times out loud...doesn't it start to sound strange?
Which do you say and why?
Say flange a few times out loud...doesn't it start to sound strange?
The denotation LF is confusing, so I don't use it. What does the guy mean , Low or Large Flange?
Small Flange = SF
High Flange = HF
For use in english. Most often I spell it out as there is no universal convention.
The French and Italians have an easier time.
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Back in my younger days, (ahem) I referred to hubs as high flange/low flange until I was corrected by an older "more knowledgeable" type who said it was large flange/small flange.
Which do you say and why?
Say flange a few times out loud...doesn't it start to sound strange?
Which do you say and why?
Say flange a few times out loud...doesn't it start to sound strange?
Cinelli Supercorsa with Ghisallo wooden rims laced to Curtis Odom high flange hubs -
https://www.culturecycles.com/2012/09...li-supercorsa/
https://curtisodom.com/drawings
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