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Old 05-22-25 | 09:01 PM
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Campagnolo hub ID

Hey guys!

I was very lucky in acquiring this wheel for next to nothing because it was tubular. (Tire even holds air well too!) the guy was super cool and we talked for a bit. He was happy to see it go to someone who will use it. Plus, I think he was happy to see how happy I was.

I don’t know what the hub is though. Surely Campagnolo. But the specifics arent landing for me. The closest I’ve come is a small flange tipo? But I don’t know what that means. Any hub heads out there who knows what I got here?

Shield logo in the middle with this behind the freewheel threads
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Small flange Tipo. Nice hubs!
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Old 05-22-25 | 10:35 PM
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All the Tipo hubs I’ve seen and know have more cyclindrical/less hourglass-shaped centre sections.

To me these are almost certainly Victory/Triomphe, although possibly with non-original skewers, there’s not much in the photos to go on.

Triomphe and Victory hub shells appeared identical, and all parts but the skewer lever end cap and adjusting nut were the same.

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EDIT: seagrade posted his while I was typing. I agree with him
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I disagree with Pcampeau , it's not Tipo. It has a large radius fillet from the central barrel to the flanges, where Tipo was a smaller faster transition. On a Tipo, the bulge around the bearing to the left of the left flange, is also more bulbous with a rounded shape, versus the more sharp-edged tuncated look on this one.

The pictured hub is probably Victory or Triomphe. Of the two I'd lean toward Triomphe
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.a...m=110&AbsPos=8

Here's the Tipo (really Nuovo Tipo = "New Type", but everyone in the US shortens it to Tipo)
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.a...m=110&AbsPos=5
Shows what I mean by the bearing bulge being more rounded/bulbous.

Tipo, Victory, Triomphe were all a step or two down from the top of the line. Tipo was about a decade earlier.

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Here's the Tipo (really Nuovo Tipo = "New Type", but everyone in the US shortens it to Tipo)
I gotta admit that this bugs me.

Imagine someone saying, "Yeah, I really like riding on these Type hubs."
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Totally looks like victory/triomphe, wow.
Even though it wasnt top of the line, I’m sure it’s a nice hub and I’ll have some good fun with it!

Thanks for the info guys!
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Originally Posted by seagrade
All the Tipo hubs I’ve seen and know have more cyclindrical/less hourglass-shaped centre sections.

To me these are almost certainly Victory/Triomphe, although possibly with non-original skewers, there’s not much in the photos to go on.

Triomphe and Victory hub shells appeared identical, and all parts but the skewer lever end cap and adjusting nut were the same.
Yes, I suspect that the OP's hubs are either Triomphe or Victory. The Triomphe/Victory hub shells are superficially very similar, and both use the same Gran Sport axles and cones, but the finish was different. Triomphe hubs were tumble-polished, while Victory hubs had a satin finish.
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Old 05-23-25 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
Yes, I suspect that the OP's hubs are either Triomphe or Victory. The Triomphe/Victory hub shells are superficially very similar, and both use the same Gran Sport axles and cones, but the finish was different. Triomphe hubs were tumble-polished, while Victory hubs had a satin finish.
Very helpful info to help identify the model! Thank you. I’ll clean it up and hopefully it will be obvious. A task for another day though. It’s too beautiful out not to use the spare moments to hop on a bike a go for a ride!
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