Name that Hub and that stem..

bugloss · Nov 8, 2013

:roll: The shopper is at it again :roll:

Name the following as I'm having trouble, as usual. This british stuff is making my head hurt, it was so much easier when I was only interested in Super Record......

And the stem....

Thanks in advance

Adam

keithglos · Nov 8, 2013

The hubs are British Hub Co. Airlite, large flange. (not high).
Top quality of their type, up till mid 1950s, then overtaken by FB and Campagnolo.
Don't recognise the stem.

bugloss · Nov 8, 2013

Thank you, I couldn't find them on velobase I'll have another look.................

Ah!, I skimmed over that one as the photos show an anodised version.

keithglos · Nov 8, 2013

Just noticed the rear is gear/fixed, no locking ring. Hope you have brakes.

bugloss · Nov 8, 2013

yes, two brakes.......but not mine as yet.

I gave up riding a bike without brakes when I was 10.

Midlife · Nov 8, 2013

British Hub Co also made a "Racelite" which was virtually the same as the "Airlite". Stem looks a bit GB spear point ish but isn't .............

Shaun

bugloss · Nov 8, 2013

Stem's steel, but has been painted with aluminium paint as it had flakey chrome.

Excel · Nov 8, 2013

this Airlite hub was often called a "Continental" due to the popular style of the day and trackies back in the day ran them on oiled bearings as opposed to greased so they spun more freely......the stem looks like a handbuilt one, some of the top marques (Gillott, Hetchins et al) built steel stems with the lug pattern being similar to the head lugs on the frames they sold, that style shown is reminiscent to the Hetchins Mountain King but I'm not 100% on this!

bugloss · Nov 8, 2013

He said it came with the frame when he ordered it and he also had this done.

Apparently it was made as a special for him in 1951.

Midlife · Nov 8, 2013

Those seat stays look a bit Ephgrave like......not quite a lollypop but classy

Shaun

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