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Article about Ian Steel and has a Nov 52' Gnutti advert for QR hubs from The Bicycle
http://classicvikingcycles.com/catalogues-etc/advertisements/november-1952-gnutti-advertisement/
SideshowBob
I’ve been looking through the VCC library (Jesus that could do with a bit of reorganising).
What sources are available for info on components available in UK post-war?
The Holdsworthy Aids catalogues end 1939 and the first post-war on VCC is 1951 (edit 1950)
The early 50s HW catalogues are mostly reprints of the year before anyway and I think aren’t that representative of what was becoming available.
The two things I’m trying to find out is when Gnutti hubs with QR skewers were first readily available in the UK (or FB or ‘Tabucchi’) and when the Simplex Competition double chainwheels were available in in alloy.
Any suggestions of where to look?
Is the VCC ‘library’ easier to use on a pc rather than a tablet?