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@OldSkoolRacer
OK so i bought the disc wheel some of you may have seen in the classifieds recently, i'm very happy with it but its bugging me as i can't seem to find any information on it - i've tried google web searches, velobase, trawling google image pics of disc wheels but to no avail!
Here's the pics from the for sale thread - i can take some more when i get in if that will help.
The wheel is finished in a gloss black paint coating that i think is original. From my inspection a small section has chipped off under the valve aperture and the material underneath is yellowish colour with a very tight weave leading me to believe its a kevlar wheel rather than fibreglass.
The hub simply has the following stamped into the sidewall of the bearing housing - "Made in Italy" and the thread type (can't remember the numbers right now but a standard English threaded cog fits straight on). The hub is of loose ball type and when i stripped it to re-grease it has 9 ball bearings each side - don't know if that helps at all but the more info the better i suppose.
The wheel weighs in at ~2kg with skewer, so its not light!
I'm looking forward to having a blast on it when i get my hands on a tub but it irks me that i have no idea what it is/where it comes from!
Any help appreciated guys.