Meant to post a link to the modified campy hub. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/57976152@N07/5462714037/> Picture shows the front hub. The rear hub is the same only with a freewheel on the drive side.
On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 11:04:50 AM UTC-5, Matthew J wrote: > > > I did, in fact, break several Campagnolo axles back in the day when I > was running Record freewheel hubs. I’m not sure if that was an issue > strictly related to the axle flex issue, or if it was a misaligned > frame > that put stress on the axle. > > The old Campy axles had a reputation for being under built. MaxiCar > especially are built to much higher - if more heavy - tolerance levels. > > My road bike hubs are old Campy Gran Comps modified by Peter Weigle. > Rather than use the Campy qr axles, I built the hubs with EAI track axles. > They look beautiful and are not going to break anytime soon. > > > On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 10:25:30 AM UTC-5, Eric Norris wrote: >> >> Conventional wisdom was that freewheel hubs weren’t as strong because the >> drive side bearings were farther from the dropout than the drive side >> bearings on a freehub. You can see the different here: >> >> http://sheldonbrown.com/free-k7.html >> >> The unsupported axle on the drive side was supposed to be more prone to >> breaking, since it had more opportunity to flex. >> >> I did, in fact, break several Campagnolo axles back in the day when I was >> running Record freewheel hubs. I’m not sure if that was an issue strictly >> related to the axle flex issue, or if it was a misaligned frame that put >> stress on the axle. >> >> Both types of hubs have pluses and minuses—Sheldon explains it all at the >> link above. >> >> —Eric N >> campyo...@me.com >> www.campyonly.com >> www.wheelsnorth.org >> Blog: http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com >> Twitter: @campyonlyguy >> >> On Mar 16, 2015, at 7:43 AM, Matthew J <matth...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Good post except I wish the blogger were more clear on what he means by >> freewheel hubs making less robust wheel. >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
