Stunning Colnago Track Bike

[rusty bodie]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-FCI-O ... 2ed7572109

 

[Midlife]

Nice bike..................but the hubs will break LOL

Shaun

 

[rusty bodie]

Re:

would that be the "sheriff's star" style hubs?? what a crap phrase that is!

:roll:

 

[Midlife]

Yep, for Sheriff's star stylee you can't beat the 1st gen shimano........... and they didn't break

Shaun

 

[rusty bodie]

Re:

very nice indeed.

any idea why the track riders of the day preferred large flange hubs?

 

[Midlife]

It was all down to stiffness and energy transfer. Large flange with short spokes which were tied and soldered made for a very stiff wheel. The 70's TT people also had large flange for ostensibly the same reason.

Similarly the rear end had heavier gauge tubing. My Track Falcon which was a team frame for Six day work had massive wrap round rear stays at the seat tube which hardly tapered down to the dropout.

Some riders had extra tubes brazed on the inside of the tubes in the BB area.

What they really wanted back then was a lesson in aerodynamics LOL

Shaun

 

[Mike Muz]

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I loved my large flange hubs bitd for testing.

Can't for the life of me think where they went :roll:

Mike

 

[rusty bodie]

What they really wanted back then was a lesson in aerodynamics LOL

Shaun

old nelson certainly didn't need to know about that - he was like mike tyson on a bike!!!





:shock:

 

[Mike Muz]

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:shock: :shock: :shock:

I wouldn't like to break the news to him!