Vintage Components - Campagnolo Hubs
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Vintage Campagnolo hubs on this page: Record Hi-Lo flange 36-hole hubset | Record 36-hole low-flange hubset | Record 32-hole low-flange hubset | Record 28-rear x 32-front low-flange hubset | Record rear 36-hole low-flange hub, 5-speed | Record rear 36-hole low-flange hub, 6-speed | Record front low-flange 36-hole hub | Record rear 32-hole low-flange hub | Nuovo Tipo rear high-flange 36-hole hub
Campagnolo front hub branded "Legnano"
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Here is the official story: The Campagnolo component company got its start in 1927 when a reasonably successful amateur racer name Gentullio Campagnolo was racing in the Gran Premio della Vittoria. On that November 11, "Tullio" Campagnolo (pictured on the left) was crossing the Croce d'Aune pass and needed to change gears. In those days, that meant loosening the rear wheel so that the chain could be moved to a different sized rear cog.
But this was November in the high Dolomite mountains. At 3,300 feet (1,015 meters), Campagnolo couldn't loosen the frozen wing nuts securing his rear wheel. He famously said to himself,"Bisogna cambià qualcossa de drio." (the dialect of his hometown Vicenza for "Bisogna cambiare qualcosa dietro", or "something must be changed in the rear"). Though Campagnolo did finish fourth in that race, what followed has affected nearly every rider of lightweight bikes.
He invented the quick-release hub skewer. With the flip of a lever, the wheel is loosened or tightened almost instantly.
In 1930 Campagnolo patented his brilliant invention and was soon having a local machine shop make his hubs.
Campagnolo in his factory with an early version of of his gear-changing system. This photo is probably of Campagnolo around 1946-47.
Well... historians have gone back and looked again at the story. They find no record of a Gran Premio della Vittoria race in the Dolomites that November. There was one in 1925. And further, it is asserted that there is no 1930 Campagnolo patent for the quick-release. Modern historians say Campagnolo's quick-release patents are for improvements on an existing device.
In any case, by the mid-1930s Campagnolo was exporting his hubs, which were not particularly superior to his competition, except they had his superb quick release. Still, growth was slow. He didn't hire his first full-time employee until 1940.
It was after the war that Campagnolo's fertile genius (and he was a genius, let there be no doubt about that) and desire to make the world's finest parts caused the company to become the well-known and revered company it is today. In 1951 Hugo Koblet won the Tour de France using Campagnolo derailleurs.
Campagnolo went from strength to strength, creating one brilliant, beautifully designed and made component after another.
Campagnolo Hi-lo flange 36-hole hubs - early 1980s.
We have: Hi-lo 36-hole hubset | Hi-lo 36-hole rear hub, new
36 hole, English threads (1.370 x 24). 120mm rear axle width for 5-speed freewheels.
The purpose of this design is to allow the wheelbuilder to give spokes on both the right and left sides closer to the same tension. Normally, because the rim is centered between the outside lock nuts and not the flanges, the drive side spokes are far tighter than the left side spokes. The HiLo hub was made as an attempt to reduce this difference.
Campagnolo first made these hubs in 1972 at the request of the German Olympic team. Then, intermittently, over the years a few more were made. Some think there were just two small production runs in the 1970s.
And then, surprise, they were included in the 1983 Campagnolo catalogue, called the "Olympic Catalogue". In that 1983 catalogue its part number is "HiLo".
There are no production numbers available from Campagnolo, but thoughtful researchers think that Campagnolo may have produced about 1,000 sets of these special hubs in the first two runs and then an unknown, but surely small number in the early 1980s. Who knows?
They are rare. That we do know.
Campagnolo Hi-lo flange 36-hole hubset - early 1980s. used, $550.00
English threaded
Rare and in lovely condition
The rear hub. Rare, and beautiful.
Close-up of the rear, large flange.
And the front hub.
Campagnolo Hi-lo flange rear 36-hole hub - early 1980s. New, $500.00
Part# 52105
- 126mm rear axle
- English threaded
End on view
What a lovely work of art.
Close-up of the drive side
The flanges are immaculate.
New, in the box
Another view of the hub box.
Campagnolo Record low-flange 36-hole hubset.
- The curved skewer levers say these hubsets were made after 1978. Record hubs of this basic design were produced into the 1980s.
- We overhauled these hubs just before photographing them for posting.
- All but set #6 are 126mm rear spacing. Set #6 is 130mm.
We have four sets: Record hubset #1 | Record hubset #2 | Record hubset #4 | Record hubset #5 | Record hubset #6, no skewers
Set 1: Campagnolo Record low-flange 36-hole hubset, 126 mm rear axle, 6-speed. Used. $170.00
Freshly overhauled and in wonderful condition.
Close-up of the rear hub.
And the front
Set 2: Campagnolo Record low-flange 36-hole hubset, 126 mm rear axle, 6-speed. Used. $170.00
Part# HB-02-03
The pair, cleaned & repacked
The rear
The front looks just as good.
Set 4: Campagnolo Record low-flange 36-hole hubset, 126 mm rear axle, 6-speed. Used. $170.00
Part# HB-02
1.370" x 24 tpi, BSC or English threaded
Freshly overhauled
Close-up of the front hub
Close-up of the rear hub
The other end of the rear hub
Set 5: Campagnolo Record low-flange 36-hole hubset, 126 mm rear axle, 6-speed. Used. $170.00
Part# HB-02-02
1.370" x 24 tpi, BSC or English threaded
Wow! What a gorgeous set of hubs!
The rear hub
And a close-up of the front hub
Set 6: Campagnolo Record low-flange 36-hole hubset, 130 mm rear axle, 5 -7 speed, no skewers. Used. $200.00/set
Part# HB-02-NS
1.370" x 24 tpi, BSC or English threaded
Polished, overhauled and spaced out to 130mm. Ready to be built up and hit the road.
Close-up of the front hub
Drive side of the rear hub
And here's the non-drive side
Campagnolo Record low-flange 32-hole hubset, 126 mm rear axle, 6-speed. Used, $200.00
- BSC threads, 1.370" x 24 TPI
- The curved skewer levers say these hubsets were made after 1978.
- Record hubs of this basic design were produced into the 1980s.
- We overhauled these hubs just before photographing them for posting.
The pair, overhauled and ready to go.
Close-up of the front hub
And the rear
Campagnolo Record low-flange 28R x 32F-hole hubset, 126 mm rear axle, 6-speed. Used. $170.00
Part# HB-02-07
- Rear hub is 28-hole, front is 32-hole
- 1.370" x 24 tpi, BSC or English threaded
Overhauled and ready to be laced up
Close-up of the front hub
The rear from the non-drive side
And from the drive side
Campagnolo Record low-flange 36-hole rear hub, 5 Speed
Campagnolo Record low-flange 36-hole rear hub, 121mm axle, 5 Speed, #1. Used. $150.00
Part# HB-03
- Hub has been overhauled and re-greased
- Given the skewer and 120mm spacing, we guess-date this to the mid-1970s. Record hubs of this basic design were produced from 1967 into the 1980s.
Classic Campagnolo design
From the drive side
Campagnolo Record low-flange 36-hole rear hub, 123mm axle, 5 Speed, #2. Used. $150.00
Part# HB-02
- Hub has been overhauled and re-greased
- Rear axle is closer to 123mm
- BSC threads
- Given the skewer and 123mm spacing, we guess-date this to 1970. Record hubs of this basic design were produced from 1967 into the 1980s.
Ready to hit the road
Moving towards the center of the hub from the threads, but still outside the flange, there is a little ring engraved. That means the threads are BSC.
Campagnolo Record Low-flange 36-hole rear hub, 126mm rear axle, 6-speed. Used $100.00
- English threaded
- Overhauled
In wonderful condition
From the drive side.
And from the non-drive side
Campagnolo Record low-flange 36-hole front hub.
We have two: Front hub #1 | #2
Campagnolo Record low-flange 36-hole front hub, #1. Used. $120.00
Part# HB-04
- This hub has been overhauled
- Campagnolo began producing the 1034 Record hub in 1967. While early production rear hubs have an oil hole with a black circlip, the front hubs do not. Soon, the front hub was made with an oil hole and circlip. This hub is one of those rare early front Record hubs without an oil hole.
No circlip on this early Record hub.
And with the hub rotated 180 degrees, it is clear that there is no oil hole.
Campagnolo Record low-flange 36-hole front hub, #2. Used. $90.00
- Hub has been overhauled and re-greased
A good-looking classic
Another view
Campagnolo Record low-flange 32-hole rear hubs
Campagnolo Record low-flange 32-hole rear hub, 120mm axle, 5 Speed. New old stock. $150.00
Italian freewheel threads, 36 x 24.
Given the skewer and 120mm spacing, we guess-date this to the mid-1970s. Record hubs of this basic design were produced from 1967 into the 1980s.
Almost no marks on the hub from the previous wheel build. This is one sweet hub.
Campagnolo Record low-flange 32-hole rear hub, 127mm axle. Used, $120.00
Part# HB-02-04
- BSC threads
- This hub has been overhauled
After all these years, sill in great condition.
And from the drive side.
Campagnolo Nuovo Tipo large-flange 36-hole rear hub, 126mm rear axle. Used, $100.00/each
Campagnolo produced Nuovo Tipo hubs in both large and small flange versions from 1967 until 1981.
Nuovo Tipo hubs were made with a 120mm 5-speed rear hub spacing. This hub has been re-spaced to 126mm.
Nuovo Tipo hubs were part of the Gran Sport group, which eventually included pedals, crankset, control group, seat post, brakes and headset. They sat just below Nuovo Record in price and quality. Mechanics generally call them "Tipos".
The large-flange hubs are particularly easy to spot because the flanges have round rather than "kidney bean" shaped holes. Except, of course, for the few Nuovo Tipo hubs with kidney bean-shaped holes (with Campagnolo, never say "never").
The Nuovo Tipo hubs differed from the top-end Record hubs in just a few ways. The pressed in races were not precision machine ground (though the cones were). The skewers had simpler hardware. And the Record hub's little oil hole in the center of the hub that is covered up with a black circlip is not in the Nuovo Tipos.
Our experience has been that with use, the bearings of "Tipo" hubs get very smooth and give very long life.
An added bit of fun: with Simichrome polish or its like, Nuovo Tipo hubs can be polished to a bright, chrome-like finish. Most modern Campagnolo hubs are anodized, so this is much harder to do on other models.
This rear hub has been converted to 126mm for 6 & 7 speed.
Cleaned and rebuilt, this hub is ready for the road.
In beautiful condition
From the drive side.
And from the non-drive side
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