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Airlite hubs - British Hub Co.
 

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The pre-war Airlite Continentals were made for both solo and tandems. The diameter of a solo front flange is 82mm with a normal axle. A tandem front is 91mm in diameter and has a 3/8″ axle, the same as a normal rear. The distance between locknuts are 98mm and 106mm respectively.

The QR and solid axle rears are totally interchangeable but the fronts differ by having a thicker barrel to take a thicker axle, presumably as the 5/16” axle would be very weak when drilled out.

Ray Booty always used an Airlite small flange Q/R, in the front wheel only, on his road/path machine. On the rear of course he would have had had fixed or occasionally a Sturmey gear. If you are using thicker Q/R front axle you may find it a little too large for some of the older fork ends, this problem can easily be solved by filing flats on the hollow axle, if you are nervous about that then the fork ends have to be filed out.
 
Benelux Gears
 

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From an over engineered point Resilion brakes .devil's to set up and if you buckel a rim whilst out you are stuffed . Also as sealed cables trying to get oil inside is pig of a job .
 
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