For the love of WINGNUTS!
08-02-10 | 12:13 PM
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From: Portland, Oregon
For the love of WINGNUTS!
Let's talk about wingnuts.
I love wingnuts.
Why don't see see axle wingnuts anymore?
Do you have pictures of your wingnut-equipped hub? POST 'EM!
Do you know where wingnuts can still be bought/had online or in your LBS? POST IT!
Personally, I'd love to get some more wingnuts. I have a set for really skinny, crummy front axles and that's it. But I still love them.
So, let's talk about the C&V glory that is the wingnut. Becase they're darned cool, IMO.
What's your opinion?
I love wingnuts.
Why don't see see axle wingnuts anymore?
Do you have pictures of your wingnut-equipped hub? POST 'EM!
Do you know where wingnuts can still be bought/had online or in your LBS? POST IT!
Personally, I'd love to get some more wingnuts. I have a set for really skinny, crummy front axles and that's it. But I still love them.
So, let's talk about the C&V glory that is the wingnut. Becase they're darned cool, IMO.
What's your opinion?
08-02-10 | 12:38 PM
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I used them on my first tenspeed, a Raleigh Record. Good on the front wheel, but I had a hard time getting the back wheel tight enough. It would shift in the dropouts, and then the tire would rub the frame. I found it was easier to just carry a dumbell wrench.
08-02-10 | 12:55 PM
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08-02-10 | 01:00 PM
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Aren't they designed to cut the spokes and tires and ankles of your competition?
Oh, that was on those chariots...
Ricohman, that is the coolest disc, worth keeping on for sure.
Oh, that was on those chariots...
Ricohman, that is the coolest disc, worth keeping on for sure.
08-02-10 | 02:10 PM
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Need wingnuts? Just surf over to Politics and Religion.
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Il faut de l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace
1980 3Rensho-- 1975 Raleigh Sprite 3spd
1990s Raleigh M20 MTB--2007 Windsor Hour (track)
1988 Ducati 750 F1
08-02-10 | 02:27 PM
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I love wingnuts, I have a bag of them I scavenged from the LBS I need to photograph.
And my 70's Peugeot PL-8 has em too.
And my 70's Peugeot PL-8 has em too.
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08-02-10 | 02:53 PM
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Someone must have loved the ones on my wife's bike since we came out one evening and found that they had all been taken. The thief didn't take the wheels or anything else - just the wingnuts. And this was back when they were still common.
08-02-10 | 02:59 PM
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I suspect he/she was going to steal the wheels and got spooked.
08-02-10 | 05:00 PM
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Love wingnuts! GBs, Raleighs and CCM's. The generic English pair are precisely made. The large single wingy is from a very early track hub with an italian lockring... love to trade the farm for a match.
Last edited by clubman; 08-02-10 at 05:02 PM. Reason: pics
08-02-10 | 06:13 PM
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Huret Luxe wingnuts on 1962 vintage "Normandy" high flange hubs.
Sugino wingnuts on a Sturmey Archer high flange front hub.
(wheel built by cudak888)
Sugino wingnuts on a Sturmey Archer high flange front hub.
(wheel built by cudak888)
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