Originally Posted by
T-Mar
You're erroneously equating Campagnolo with Italian threading. While this is sometimes true, it is not always the case. Campagnolo sold their hubs in English, French and Italian threaded versions. Given that this is a Raleigh with a Maillard freewheel it is most likely English threading on the hub. English threaded Camapgnolo hubs are marked with either the thread size or a single groove on the shell, next to the freewheel seat.
T-mar your are correct..I edited my post. My reading of OP is that the issue is that the hub is not english threaded.
thanks.
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