Campag Record small flange rear hub.

[Steve Kish]

Unfortunately the current TT scene is very 'new kit is all'-based compared with the 1960-1980s where minimalism was the order of the day. Current TT bikes weigh a fair bit more than retro stuff despite the emergence of carbon fibre as aero marginal gains are much sought after.

So unfortunately stuff like 24-hole hubs and featherweight 6-speed blocks are for retro builds only.

 

[ignatzcatz]

Re: Campag record small flange rear hub

Going back a few years I got through a pair of 13 sprockets, they just split in two with a bit of grunt through them so I used to run steel 13 and 14t cogs and the other dural ones seemed to hang in there. I recall that when the last 14 split going away from the timekeeper on a 25 it almost gave me an instant sex change. I did finish the time trial but it certainly wasn't my best time.

 

[Steve Kish]

Yes, the clever thing was that you cold change the sprockets to steel ones. I actually had a couple of modified ones. One was a 4-speed (12-13-14-15) that I used for flat courses and another was a 12-13-14-15-18-21 for hilly routes with the 18 and 21 in steel. It served me well on the Q10/19 as the start was on top of a huge hill from the event HQ and I tended to use a single 57T chainring.

Ahh, those were the days.

 

[ignatzcatz]

Ooo 57 12, thighs like oak trees