Go Back  Bike Forums > Bike Forums > Classic & Vintage
Reload this Page >

Show Your Crazy Vintage Hubs!

Search
Notices
Classic & Vintage This forum is to discuss the many aspects of classic and vintage bicycles, including musclebikes, lightweights, middleweights, hi-wheelers, bone-shakers, safety bikes and much more.

Show Your Crazy Vintage Hubs!

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 01-27-13, 05:29 PM
  #1  
Thrifty Bill
Thread Starter
 
wrk101's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mountains of Western NC
Posts: 23,523

Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more

Mentioned: 96 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1236 Post(s)
Liked 964 Times in 628 Posts
Show Your Crazy Vintage Hubs!

Maybe not that crazy, but I picked these up last summer. They were mounted on a blue, silver and yellow Masi Gran Corsa. I finally got around to pulling them out, and cleaning them up.




Came on this:

__________________
Please don't confuse ebay "asking" prices with "selling" prices. Many sellers never get their ask price. some are far from it. Value is determined once an item actually SELLS. Its easy enough to check SOLD prices.
wrk101 is offline  
Old 01-27-13, 05:31 PM
  #2  
KingoftheMountain wannabe
 
Savagewolf's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Independence, Oregon
Posts: 1,152

Bikes: V.O. Pass Hunter & Specialized Hardrock

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time in 1 Post
Nice job cleaning things up. They look brand new.
Savagewolf is offline  
Old 01-27-13, 06:06 PM
  #3  
Senior Member
 
randyjawa's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada - burrrrr!
Posts: 11,674

Bikes: 1958 Rabeneick 120D, 1968 Legnano Gran Premio, 196? Torpado Professional, 2000 Marinoni Piuma

Mentioned: 210 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1372 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1,749 Times in 937 Posts
Got these off of an old English bike, probably a Holdsworth. Had planned to make up a SS/FG ride but never got around to it...

__________________
"98% of the bikes I buy are projects".
randyjawa is offline  
Old 01-27-13, 06:42 PM
  #4  
Thrifty Bill
Thread Starter
 
wrk101's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mountains of Western NC
Posts: 23,523

Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more

Mentioned: 96 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1236 Post(s)
Liked 964 Times in 628 Posts
I'd love to see an end view on those hubs Randy.
wrk101 is offline  
Old 01-27-13, 07:12 PM
  #5  
Shifting is fun!
 
non-fixie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: South Holland, NL
Posts: 11,000

Bikes: Yes, please.

Mentioned: 279 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2193 Post(s)
Liked 4,587 Times in 1,764 Posts


__________________
Are we having fun, or what ...



non-fixie is offline  
Old 01-27-13, 10:52 PM
  #6  
Old fart
 
JohnDThompson's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Appleton WI
Posts: 24,779

Bikes: Several, mostly not name brands.

Mentioned: 153 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3583 Post(s)
Liked 3,395 Times in 1,929 Posts
I have this innominate "Made in England" fixed/fixed hub. Nickel plated steel shell, machined races and cones, very smooth.

JohnDThompson is offline  
Old 01-28-13, 08:41 AM
  #7  
Thrifty Bill
Thread Starter
 
wrk101's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mountains of Western NC
Posts: 23,523

Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more

Mentioned: 96 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1236 Post(s)
Liked 964 Times in 628 Posts
OK John, you are the winner so far. I am trying to figure out that hub threading, wild. No experience with the FG stuff on my end.
__________________
Please don't confuse ebay "asking" prices with "selling" prices. Many sellers never get their ask price. some are far from it. Value is determined once an item actually SELLS. Its easy enough to check SOLD prices.
wrk101 is offline  
Old 01-28-13, 08:46 AM
  #8  
Hopelessly addicted...
 
photogravity's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Central Maryland
Posts: 4,955

Bikes: 1949 Hercules Kestrel, 1950 Norman Rapide, 1970 Schwinn Collegiate, 1972 Peugeot UE-8, 1976 Raleigh Sports, 1977 Raleigh Sports, 1977 Jack Taylor Tandem, 1984 Davidson Tandem, 2010 Bilenky "BQ" 650B Constructeur Tandem, 2011 Linus Mixte

Mentioned: 13 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 10 Times in 9 Posts
1953 SA FW Alloy. Not a lot of these still exist.


1953 Sturmey Archer FW Alloy Hub - 1 by Sallad Rialb, on Flickr
photogravity is offline  
Old 01-28-13, 08:49 AM
  #9  
Bianchi Goddess
 
Bianchigirll's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Shady Pines Retirement Fort Wayne, In
Posts: 27,846

Bikes: Too many to list here check my signature.

Mentioned: 192 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2926 Post(s)
Liked 2,921 Times in 1,489 Posts
Originally Posted by wrk101
OK John, you are the winner so far. I am trying to figure out that hub threading, wild. No experience with the FG stuff on my end.

It is made to have a fixed cog on both sides, so it has threading for a cog and a lockring on both sides, rather than the normal flip/flop that is just threaded for a SS FW on one side. I do agree nice hub.

Seeing that I wish I had the information for that bike I saw years ago that seemed to have two flip/flop hubs on it, yes it appeared you could put the frnt hub on the rear vice/versa. I always have the feeling that bike is still rotting away in that little shop outside Rehobeth De.
__________________
One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"

Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk
Bianchigirll is offline  
Old 01-28-13, 09:28 AM
  #10  
Old fart
 
JohnDThompson's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Appleton WI
Posts: 24,779

Bikes: Several, mostly not name brands.

Mentioned: 153 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3583 Post(s)
Liked 3,395 Times in 1,929 Posts
Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
I wish I had the information for that bike I saw years ago that seemed to have two flip/flop hubs on it, yes it appeared you could put the frnt hub on the rear vice/versa. I always have the feeling that bike is still rotting away in that little shop outside Rehobeth De.

Cinelli "Bivalent" hubs, maybe?

https://classicrendezvous.com/Italy/C...al_B-Guide.htm
JohnDThompson is offline  
Old 01-28-13, 10:31 AM
  #11  
Senior Member
 
gaucho777's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 7,236

Bikes: '72 Cilo Pacer, '72 Gitane Gran Tourisme, '72 Peugeot PX10, '73 Speedwell Ti, '74 Peugeot UE-8, '75 Peugeot PR-10L, '80 Colnago Super, '85 De Rosa Pro, '86 Look Equipe 753, '86 Look KG86, '89 Parkpre Team, '90 Parkpre Team MTB, '90 Merlin

Mentioned: 87 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 830 Post(s)
Liked 2,110 Times in 553 Posts
Hi-E

__________________
-Randy

'72 Cilo Pacer • '72 Peugeot PX10 • '73 Speedwell Ti • '74 Nishiki Competition • '74 Peugeot UE-8 • '86 Look Equipe 753 • '86 Look KG86 • '89 Parkpre Team Road • '90 Parkpre Team MTB • '90 Merlin Ti

Avatar photo courtesy of jeffveloart.com, contact: contact: jeffnil8 (at) gmail.com.
gaucho777 is offline  
Old 01-28-13, 10:59 AM
  #12  
Senior Member
 
cbresciani's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 524

Bikes: Colnago C40 HP, De Rosa-Primato, Titus Ti FCR, MOOTS YBB-SL, Pogliaghi Pista

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
It is made to have a fixed cog on both sides, so it has threading for a cog and a lockring on both sides, rather than the normal flip/flop that is just threaded for a SS FW on one side. I do agree nice hub.

Seeing that I wish I had the information for that bike I saw years ago that seemed to have two flip/flop hubs on it, yes it appeared you could put the frnt hub on the rear vice/versa. I always have the feeling that bike is still rotting away in that little shop outside Rehobeth De.
Whoa! Never thought about using two rear fixed gear hubs for a bike. That might actually work great for a vintage fixed gear bike, and still be period correct.
cbresciani is offline  
Old 01-28-13, 11:09 AM
  #13  
Hopelessly addicted...
 
photogravity's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Central Maryland
Posts: 4,955

Bikes: 1949 Hercules Kestrel, 1950 Norman Rapide, 1970 Schwinn Collegiate, 1972 Peugeot UE-8, 1976 Raleigh Sports, 1977 Raleigh Sports, 1977 Jack Taylor Tandem, 1984 Davidson Tandem, 2010 Bilenky "BQ" 650B Constructeur Tandem, 2011 Linus Mixte

Mentioned: 13 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 10 Times in 9 Posts
Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
I know someone who has a hub like this. I'm assuming it is a Cinelli hub. It's quite a neat setup.
photogravity is offline  
Old 01-28-13, 11:15 AM
  #14  
Senior Member
 
randyjawa's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada - burrrrr!
Posts: 11,674

Bikes: 1958 Rabeneick 120D, 1968 Legnano Gran Premio, 196? Torpado Professional, 2000 Marinoni Piuma

Mentioned: 210 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1372 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1,749 Times in 937 Posts
I'd love to see an end view on those hubs Randy.



Attached Images
File Type: jpg
Normandy_HF_FlipFlop_3.jpg (93.6 KB, 17 views)
File Type: jpg
Normandy_HF_FlipFlop_4.jpg (93.8 KB, 13 views)
File Type: jpg
Normandy_HF_FlipFlop_8.jpg (93.4 KB, 13 views)
File Type: jpg
Normandy_HF_FlipFlop_6.jpg (92.5 KB, 12 views)
File Type: jpg
Normandy_HF_FlipFlop_7.jpg (93.4 KB, 11 views)
__________________
"98% of the bikes I buy are projects".
randyjawa is offline  
Old 01-28-13, 12:51 PM
  #15  
Bianchi Goddess
 
Bianchigirll's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Shady Pines Retirement Fort Wayne, In
Posts: 27,846

Bikes: Too many to list here check my signature.

Mentioned: 192 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2926 Post(s)
Liked 2,921 Times in 1,489 Posts
Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
No IIRC this was FG on both sides of both hubs. I started reading the article and that looks very similar to a system tried ou in the early 1900s. I'll have to breakout the Dancing Chain and look for it. As they say whats old is new!

Originally Posted by cbresciani
Whoa! Never thought about using two rear fixed gear hubs for a bike. That might actually work great for a vintage fixed gear bike, and still be period correct.
Really? are you pulling my leg? I think that is how they changed gears in the olden days before deraileurs were allowed in racing
__________________
One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"

Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk

Last edited by Bianchigirll; 01-28-13 at 12:57 PM.
Bianchigirll is offline  
Old 01-28-13, 12:58 PM
  #16  
Shifting is fun!
 
non-fixie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: South Holland, NL
Posts: 11,000

Bikes: Yes, please.

Mentioned: 279 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2193 Post(s)
Liked 4,587 Times in 1,764 Posts
Originally Posted by Chuckk
Thanks, Chuck. I hadn't seen those yet. Mine are laced to tubular rims as well. I bought the wheels from my LBS, because they look so very cool and he wanted rid of them. I have no idea what bike to put them on.
__________________
Are we having fun, or what ...



non-fixie is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Soil_Sampler
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
33
06-11-15 06:30 PM
rootboy
Classic & Vintage
68
10-11-12 05:12 PM
IvyCap
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
7
05-21-12 07:53 AM
guzziee
Classic & Vintage
8
05-07-12 10:30 PM
realestvin7
Classic & Vintage
8
05-15-11 02:13 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.