Vintage campagnolo hubs on Ava rims - should they be binned or saved?
07-01-13, 03:41 AM
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Vintage campagnolo hubs on Ava rims - should they be binned or saved?
Hi
These hubs came on my bike attached to Ava tubeless rims, the hubs are a bit rusty, the Ava rims are tatty and the spokes rusty - do you think anyone would be interested in them or are they too far gone - not interesting enough to restore?
https://s1093.photobucket.com/user/mo...tml?sort=3&o=0
(I went for period clincher rims in far better condition to replace these)....
Cheers
Mark
These hubs came on my bike attached to Ava tubeless rims, the hubs are a bit rusty, the Ava rims are tatty and the spokes rusty - do you think anyone would be interested in them or are they too far gone - not interesting enough to restore?
https://s1093.photobucket.com/user/mo...tml?sort=3&o=0
(I went for period clincher rims in far better condition to replace these)....
Cheers
Mark
07-01-13, 04:00 AM
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Cut the Spokes, keep the Hubs. They are rebuildable.
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Hi
These hubs came on my bike attached to Ava tubeless rims, the hubs are a bit rusty, the Ava rims are tatty and the spokes rusty - do you think anyone would be interested in them or are they too far gone - not interesting enough to restore?
https://s1093.photobucket.com/user/mo...tml?sort=3&o=0
(I went for period clincher rims in far better condition to replace these)....
Cheers
Mark
These hubs came on my bike attached to Ava tubeless rims, the hubs are a bit rusty, the Ava rims are tatty and the spokes rusty - do you think anyone would be interested in them or are they too far gone - not interesting enough to restore?
https://s1093.photobucket.com/user/mo...tml?sort=3&o=0
(I went for period clincher rims in far better condition to replace these)....
Cheers
Mark
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07-01-13, 05:23 AM
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+1 Get out the bolt cutters, cut the spokes, save the hubs and rims. Be sure to remove rear freewheel first!!!!
Read various rust threads, skewers may be saveable.
Read various rust threads, skewers may be saveable.
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Other than the spokes, I'd bet it's all saveable.
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07-01-13, 07:56 AM
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I'd salvage the rims if you a desire to clean them and sell them on eBay, if you have no desire to do that cut away!!!
Any part you could conceivably need for Campy hubs is ready available. For instance, I just salvaged a rear Record hub with a bad flange, I know have spare dust caps, an axle assembly, bearing races and the ever so rare center C clip.
Any part you could conceivably need for Campy hubs is ready available. For instance, I just salvaged a rear Record hub with a bad flange, I know have spare dust caps, an axle assembly, bearing races and the ever so rare center C clip.
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Those are "Tipo" hubs. They don't look as nice as "Record" hubs, but still well worth keeping, in my book. Vinegar or oxalic acid will get rid of that rust, and NOS hub dustcaps turn up pretty regularly in eBay if they still look too tatty after the rust is gone.
I'd save the AVA rims as well; a little polish and some elbow grease and they'll shine. If you're not interested in running tubulars, you could probably unload pretty easily particularly if you took the time to make them look good.
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Real men cut the spokes first. If you can't remove the freewheel with your teeth, you should be riding a Huffy 
