Originally Posted by
ThurberMingus
There's a Campy Nuovo Tipo front hub at a local bike coop for $50. I'm gonna start building a new wheelset sometime in the near future. Is the Campy worth it or am I better off with a modern hub (Surly, All City, etc.)?
Nuovo Tipo was the at the bottom as far as Campy hubs go. Personally, I'd pass.
Originally Posted by Sheldon Brown
Nuovo Tipo hubs are identifiable by their having no oil hole and clip in the middle of the barrel; instead, they have small oil holes in the dustcaps. Most Nuovo Tipo hubs have large flanges with round lightening holes. Unlike other Campagnolo hubs, Nuovo Tipo hubs have stamped bearing cups rather than the cups' having ground bearing surfaces. In many Nuovo Tipo hubs, the bearing surfaces are outright defective, unevenly stamped or with gouges that were present in the sheet metal from which they were stamped. The Nuovo Tip front hub uses the conventional 3/16" bearing balls rather than the 7/32" bearing balls of the Nuovo Record front hub.
Last edited by Scrodzilla; 07-30-14 at 06:53 AM.