Omas
10-13-15 | 08:23 AM
#26
Senior Member
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From: Toronto, Ontario
Omas sold at a premium over Campagnolo back in the day. Their quality was always top notch. Their BB, headsets and hubs all weighed less than Campagnolo and were very long-lasting. I have a bike fitted with a full selection of Omas components.
Big sliding is without a doubt a poor English translation. I believe they wanted to indicate on the box "grande scorrevolezza" which using a direct dictionary translation would be rendered as "big sliding" whereas a more appropriate translation should have been "super smooth" referring to how the parts worked, or "Great smoothness". I have never been convinced that this was meant to be a model name but rather a description of the part.
Big sliding is without a doubt a poor English translation. I believe they wanted to indicate on the box "grande scorrevolezza" which using a direct dictionary translation would be rendered as "big sliding" whereas a more appropriate translation should have been "super smooth" referring to how the parts worked, or "Great smoothness". I have never been convinced that this was meant to be a model name but rather a description of the part.
10-13-15 | 08:49 AM
#27
Fat Guy on a Little Bike
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Philadelphia, PA
Bikes: Two wheeled ones
I have one pair of wheels with OMAS hubs - as AZORCH notes, they spin like buttah 
Also have a spare NOS front hub (for sale) just kicking around, and another C&Ver just received a complete set from me just a week or so ago. I'm sure he'll weigh in here with his observations.
Great stuff. Finish is on a par with Campagnolo. Oh, and I use a pair of the alloy clamp/pivot bolts on the Colnago Mexico's NR seatpost. 8 years and still going strong...
Hubset:
DD
Also have a spare NOS front hub (for sale) just kicking around, and another C&Ver just received a complete set from me just a week or so ago. I'm sure he'll weigh in here with his observations.
Great stuff. Finish is on a par with Campagnolo. Oh, and I use a pair of the alloy clamp/pivot bolts on the Colnago Mexico's NR seatpost. 8 years and still going strong...
Hubset:
DD
10-13-15 | 10:34 AM
#28
Old fart
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From: Appleton WI
Bikes: Several, mostly not name brands.
10-13-15 | 01:02 PM
#29
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Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Big sliding! 
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10-13-15 | 01:48 PM
#30
+1, that was also my assumption...and now that I know the more likely explanation I like this name even more! I guess if I saw there were HUBS that were called "Big Sliding" I wouldn't have come up with my "plausible explanation", but the only big slider I knew of were their BB sets...and I happen to have one FS if anyone's in the market but it has a very wide TI spindle (probably for an early Mtn. Bike).
