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For Sale: Campagnolo Large Flange Hubs (36H) 1253 Nuovo Tipo / Gran Sport
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@Rik_Van_Looy
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Splendid set of 70's Large Flange Campagnolo Hubs in pretty decent used condition... Axles turn nicely and threads all seem to be in a good state of repair with all the original moving parts (cones, spacers n'ting) - No doubt they'd polish up well too if you're that way inclined. £SOLD
Both hubs are 36H, rear is 120mm OLN, front is 100mm
Can't say much more about these particular hubs as I've never built them onto anything - they've just been floating about in the shed for a while waiting to be built into something beautiful....
Sadly I don't have the original front skewer - I can chuck in the rear skewer for an extra fiver (it's one of the original flat levered type with a pointed end bit. the ring of wire that hangs off the pointy end bit has gone missing - photos available on request.
Background geekery...
Originally (and usually) referred to as Nuovo Tipo and belong to the groupset below record - I think it was called "gran sport" in the catalogue. By the early 80's they dropped the Nuovo Tipo label and just called them Gran Sport hubs.
Part number for the set was 1253 and front/rear hubs were 1266 and 1267 respectively.
Axles have the poetically named Bastardo threads (Front 9mm x 26 TPI, Rear 10mm x 26 TPI) courtesy of the Marshall plan in which US-built lathes with imperial standard threads were exported to Italy to try and get industry back on its feet in the 40's/50's.
Whilst i'm tempted to continue spouting a combination of tru-fact and bullshit I assume you'd be more interested in the photographs.....
Also if you're interested in pairing these up with period correct rims, I have some 36H Ambrosio Medaille D'Or in gold anodising, feathery light and nicely made, although the anodising is worn at the braking surface.... Happy to come to some sort of deal on these if you're interested (e.g. £65 all in....) - the only shot I could find of them is a detail showing rim colour and state of sidewall/eylets - other than that they're straight and true, strong and quite glamorous in a faded/jaded sort of way...
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