<------------------ SOLD ------------------> Weyless quick release hubset - 100 / 122 mm OLD - English thread (NOS)

Weyless quick release hubset - small flange design - non-anodized aluminum alloy barrels and flanges - stainless steel annular sealed bearings - Teflon dust seal - oversized aluminum alloy axles - countersunk spoke holes - 36h model W-HF front hub (100 mm spacing) - 36h model W-HR rear hub (122 mm spacing) - 1.370" x 24 TPI English freewheel thread : Weyless high grade hollow steel curved handle quick release mechanisms - Black anodized aluminum alloy end caps and conical adjusters with knurled fittings - oversized hollow steel skewers - grouped model W-H ... [NOS without packaging - extremely minor handling marks, the most noticeable of which can be found at the extremity of the left end cap of the rear hub (...and this will be completely obscured once mounted into the dropouts of a bicycle) - for whatever it may be worth, it is a relative snap to reset the OLD on one of these vintage Weyless rear hubs from 122 mm (...standard five speed or narrow six speed) to 126 mm (...standard six speed or narrow seven speed) or even 132 mm (...standard seven speed) by machining an appropriately sized spacer (...4 mm or 10 mm respectively) to be placed over the axle in front of the drive side end cap - includes matching Weyless "can opener" style quick release mechanisms, arguably one of the most unique and appealing component piece parts ever offered to the public during the innovative decade of the 1970’s - these Weyless hubs were introduced to market midway through the year 1975 in concert with an advertising campaign that boldly proclaimed "Move Over Campy!". Prior to that point in time, Weyless had managed to achieve a measure of success in the cycling world with their high quality indoor rollers upon which Jack Simes set a World Roller Riding Record during the 1975 International Cycle Show held in New York City (...an impressive 681.6 miles in 24 hours - an average of 36.7 mph after discounting minutes spent sleeping or otherwise not actually riding the rollers during that 24 hour period). While they would ultimately end up offering component versions of Weyless hubs (...licensed from a Bill Shook design), seat posts (...another Bill Shook item that would later re-appear under his American Classic label during the 1980’s), pedals (...originally a Bob Reedy design used under license), water bottle cages (...yet another Bill Shook piece that would see reincarnation under American Classic), and water bottles (...manufactured by Mariplast and branded with a Weyless logo) in addition to those training rollers and a broad range of clothing items, Weyless would succumb to dealer / distribution problems, comparatively high domestic wage rates, and a sagging U.S. economy, going out of business before the end of the decade - the Weyless brand of Asian made components which have most recently been sold as the house brand for SuperGo has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in common with the 1970’s U.S. based company other than they have cleverly capitalized by "borrowing" a defunct name]