For Sale: 1950s Campagnolo Gran Sport Hubs - High Flange

1950s Campagnolo Gran Sport Hubs
£70 + £6.75 Recorded Postage (Medium Parcel)*** FINAL PRICE DROP: £60 + £6.75 1st Class Recorded Postage***
Donation to forum from sale.

• Early hubs made by Fratelli Brivio (FB) for Campagnolo
  
• Alloy High Flanges with Circular Cutouts
  
• Chromed steel barrels with winged Campagnolo logo.
  
• British thread for freewheel
  
• Rear currently spaced at 126mm, but I can switch axle and spacers and set to 120mm if preferred.
  
• Flanges are very nice, polished and shinier looking than in photos, but plenty of patches of chrome loss on barrels.
  
  

Just rebuilt with new Grade 10 chrome steel bearings, and used Campagnolo cones, axles, locknuts etc.
Hub bearing surfaces are very good, just some cosmetic staining, no pitting.
Rear cones are excellent, rear hub very smooth. Left a tiny bit of play that is taken out under pressure of tightened QR.
Front hub cones are a tiny bit rough, no pitting, just not as perfectly smooth so wish to point it out. Could be replaced. Abel Baker Cycles sells correct repro cones for these hubs, or Campag Nuovo Tipo cones also work.

Lots of photos below. Any questions just ask.

Fuck thy're tasty...shame about the chrome tho such lovely holiness....o-o-o...bump...somene buy these forme so I don't have to...

Yep... they're lovely hubs. I'm lucky enough to have a set with perfect chrome!

I'm sure some folks will disagree, but you can have these rechromed...

I've spoken to a couple of people that have done this with these hubs and also Airlite hubs. You need to separate the flanges from the central barrels by tapping them out. I had Mick at Madgetts offer to do this for me, but I didn't need to bother in the end. The chroming would be cheap, under £20. You do need to be sure you have them rechromed by someone who is used to bicycle parts - so they don't alter the diameter of the barrel too much by over polishing in the prepping. I've had a stem steerer diameter suffer this fate and be too small to tighten in the fork properly. In terms of repressing the flanges, I was worried about them spinning or turning, but was assured that spoke tensions when built would mean no chance of this happening.

Having said all that, seems troublesome! I'd just use them as is, or wait for a better set if they need to be perfect!

Price rethink...
Now £65 + £6.75 Recorded Post.
Needing the cash to get a frame repaired.

Just found axle and parts to be able to space these to 120mm if preferred.

And a final price drop...
Now £60 + £6.75 recorded post

If no interest I'll need to offer them elsewhere. Cheers!

EDIT > Need to shift these so closed thread as no interest and now for sale elsewhere.