For Sale: Durkopp hub set.

     For sale today is a very nice Durkopp hub set. Dürkopp was a highly respected German supplier of top quality bicycles and componentry ranging from the turn of the Century until the late 1950s. A multifaceted company, it also produced motorcycles, scooters, automobiles, arms,  heavy machine tools and is still a major manufacturer of industrial and homeowner sewing machines. (Classic rendezvous text).
     These are low flange with steel barrels and 36 hole drilling both front and rear. Rear spacing is 110mm and the front is 95mm. No axle nuts included. Both appear to be NOS condition. Recently overhauled and spin quite smoothly. Oiler ports open and close freely.The logos are a bit different from each other, maybe different production eras? Cog threading on the rear is English. Excellent addition to your period build, quite rare!
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Beauty and the Boob

     Sorry for the lack of posts this past week. I was home sick with the flu from hell. Toddler germs are lethal! This is a pretty cool little trinket / promo item from New Departure. Beauty and the Boob, kind of like getting a treat in a Cracker Jack box. I like this idea. It is advertising the Model D hubs, so that dates it. Original in the package (envelope). These are rare as they are paper and easily destroyed or discarded. Enjoy.

NOS Schwinn Paramount hubs

     This is a NOS set of Schwinn Paramount "telephone dial" pista hubs we have here at the shop with the original rear hub box! These were used from the late 1930's- 1950's and are the coolest hubs ever made (in my opinion). I also am in love with the box, nothing beats the design of this era. Bold colors with great type and layout. They definately don't make 'em like they used to.

The Campagnolo HI-LO rear hub: A brief history.

     Today I came across one of my favorite hubs, the elusive Campagnolo Hi-Lo rear hub. Ours is NOS and 36 hole drilling.  English threading for freewheel.
     So, the story as I understand it goes like this; They were first made in 1972 for the West German olympic team. Hugo Rickert, who made bikes for the West German olympic team made a special order with Campagnolo for the Hi-Lo hubs. They created quite a stir at the olympics and started a bit of a rage for them. It did not last long. Euro-Asia had a run made in 1977-1978. The rumor was that 500 sets were required for Campagnolo to do a run. Others surfaced from Germany with the later skewers and typography to indicate threading. One or more of the bigger German importers also got in on the deal. Hubs from 1972 will not have threading described with typography, just groove coded.
      They became available in the 1982 olympic Campagnolo catalog and disappeared into obscurity. Phil Wood also made a version and  I believe Hi-E did as well.

Reproduction Schwinn Paramount Lockring for sale

We reproduced track cog lockrings for the early Schwinn Paramount hubs. The lockring thread is unique and original lockring is increasing harder to find.
$50

New Departure and Morrow small parts

We do have a supply of Morrow and New Departure small parts for hubs. Email me what you are looking for. We also have Bendix and other makes as well!

Large Flange modified hubs

 In the late 1930s into the 1950s, some French bike builders(Rene Herse, etc) would modify existing parts, making them more functional and in turn more aesthetically pleasing. This hub, I believe to be Pelissier?, had larger flanges added, which would allow the repairing of a broken spoke without having to take the freewheel off the wheel. So one could repair a driveside spoke without have the wheel off the bike for an easy roadside repair. The hub also looks amazing.

 The logo is two birds on either side of the a bicycle hub in the center.

  The aluminum rivet pattern is different on the driveside of the hub, than on the non-driveside.

10 tooth Inch Pitch cog for sale

A customer had a machinist make this a few years ago. It is a 10 tooth 'skiptooth' cog to fit on more modern 3 spline coaster brake hubs. it is 1" x 3/16". New. 


$30

Early bicycle front hubs

These early hubs seen at the Trexlertown(old) bike swap. Notice the various ways spokes are attached to the hubs. Most of these are 1890s. 100 years later, these spoke systems were 'rediscovered' by companies like Mavic, Pulsar, and Shimano, to be used one boutique wheels they were building for elite cyclists.

some large Flange hubs.

The picture shows some Prior, BSA, Harden, Airlite, New departure, and others.