> At those prices, one can easily consider White Industries or DT hubs with > the Campagnolo- > splined freehub body. Or perhaps Phils with a Shimano/SRAM cassette > and a J-tek device.
Royce are easily as shiney as the penultimate Campy hub line. They have a sleeker design than the White and Phils. They do not have much of a dealer network outside of Europe. But with the magic of the internet and FedEx you can get your Royce hubs and parts in the U.S. almost as soon as someone living in the UK. On Aug 8, 10:29 pm, benzzoy <benz...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Aug 8, 5:24 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Stiill, it's beautiful, and we just move the aesthetics cutoff a few years > > forward. So this hub would date from when? > > The polished Campagnolo hubs with the allen bearing adjustment were > available from '99 to '06. You can still occasionally find these on > eBay and in the dusty corners of old-time shops but they are usually > quite expensive. As examples, on Aug 1, a 28-hole hub set went for > $643 and a 32-hole set went for $481 on eBay. Heck, another bidder > paid $130.50 just for the skewers from that era! At those prices, one > can easily consider White Industries or DT hubs with the Campagnolo- > splined freehub body. Or perhaps Phils with a Shimano/SRAM cassette > and a J-tek device. > > But yes, the polished Campagnolo hubs are quite nice looking, quite > lightweight and quite durable. The functionality/serviceability is > second to none. > > -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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
