The 'Let's Trade' discussion

Talking about money.....I can't believe my luck. Maybe I have to revise my policy about using ebay.

Anybody with some pocket change that needs a rear hub ?

Luck ?

God Bless Japanes people !

wowzers!! well on your way to getting that deposit then Jos :-D

aidan never mind:).........i dont have any money anyway

Jos will lend you a tenner :-)

Jos: Where did you get that hub from? Let me guess.. garage sale for £15? :)

Nah, it was on a track bike I bought and I just thought to myself that it was a shame that it wasn't a set of regular Campa record hubs. Was just hoping to get 50 pounds for it. Woke up this morning and couldn't believe my eyes.

Nice one! Bet you'll be keeping your eyes open for those hubs in future! :D

why is the hub like that????

Some kind of false physics.. like "make drive side spokes shorter to reduce power loss, asymmetrical distribution of blah blah" You know the kind of thing..
http://derbyking.com/Detail/?n=39

ummmm thanks

They had a point to try it back then though. Spokes weren't as strong as they are now, so if you reduce the sopke lenght you can put more tension on them to get a stiffer wheel. Nowadays because of the modern technic it's unnecessary.

It's not the length of the spokes that matters (the difference is marginal) - it's the angle they make - the further off radial they are, the stiffer the wheel is in torsion. That's why track bikes have high flange hubs. In theory, this is most important on the drive side since that's where the torque is being applied, so I guess Campy were trying to save weight by removing material on the non-drive side while keeping the drive side torsionally stiff. I don't know how much difference it makes in practice - if the hub body is really beefy it should be able to transmit the torque to the non-drive side too. You do see some road bike wheels laced up tangentially on the drive side and radially on the non-drive side.

ahhh intresting..thanks:)

I'm after a flip/flop hub for my grandad bike. Anyone got one spare?

im looking for upper bars that would fit a 25.4 road stem...anyone, anyone at all?????

cheers

upper bars?

as opposed to the basement bar..

lol?

RISER bars! That's it! Surely?

Turd Fergurson im looking for upper bars that would fit a 25.4 road stem...anyone, anyone at all?????

cheers

if you mean risers go to halfords they cost next to nothing there.
i got mine off ebay though

ha ha yes i ment risers, i get the point...NO NEED TO RUB SALT IN THE WOUNDS IS THERE?!?!?!?!?!

but cheers guys

i've got some risers, but they're packed away at the moment. once i get them out again, i'll take a photo and you can see if they work for you.

cheers levin

got most of the bits for my new steed, getting a littl over excited though my 15yr old brotyhers getting interested in the hype so thinking about a ebay frame for his bday...take it easy

I WANT:
A shortish quill stem (silver) 80 to 100mm
A silvery 1" top cap
Silver spd pedals
A white saddle

I GOT:
Profile airwing bars 40cm black, uncut, set up with tt brake lever
Another tt brake lever
Cyclocross lever - black
Yellow & black conti 3000 foldys, new.

Can add cashola natch. xxx

i have a nice cinelli quill stem shiny silvery nice engraving on the top of the stem cinelli milano i think the reach is in the 80 to 100 region i'll measure and confirm size can be delivered anywhere in london