Stiill, it's beautiful, and we just move the aesthetics cutoff a few years forward. So this hub would date from when?
Thanks. On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 12:15 AM, benzzoy <benz...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Aug 7, 11:31 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A NR front hub, probaby late model: has little allen lockbolt to hold > > bearing adjustment in place. What a beautiful hub! I've seen none more > > beautiful, even taking Phil into account. > > If it has an allen lockbolt to hold bearing adjustment, it's not NR > (Nuovo Record). It's the generation that got superseded by the > current generation. That very useful design applied all the way down > to Centaur/Daytona in the previous generation and is still in use in > the black Record hubs of today. > > > > A sort of no-expense-or-effort-spared production. Why do they make their > > current ugly shit when they can make this? > > It's likely cheaper to anodize the black finish than to polish the hub > to a uniform chrome brilliance. There was an article in a previous > Reader about how polishing aluminum parts is a dirty and fairly > dangerous job that's fairly expensive. > > -B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
