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Weyless (modified) - quick release hubs - 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 (original 122 mm spacing changed to 126 mm) - 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 high grade hollow steel skewers - grouped model W-H ... [These Weyless hubs were introduced to market midway through the year 1975 in concert with an advertising campaign that boldly proclaimed "Move Over Campy!". Even prior to that point in time, Weyless Industries had managed to achieve a measure of notoriety in the cycling world with their high quality indoor rollers upon which Jackie Simes had set a World Roller Riding Record during the 1975 International Cycle Show held in New York City (...an impressive 681 virtual 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). Unlike many of its contemporaries in the cycling world, the original Weyless company (...as in the short lived 1970’s version - NOT Weyless in its current form, which is nothing more than the house label for SuperGo) was prone to search out component designs and prototypes developed by small entrepreneurs here in the United States and then make arrangements with said individuals for commercial manufacturing and subsequent distribution under the Weyless name. With respect to their pedals, Weyless licensed these from what was originally a Bob Reedy design. In the case of their hubs and seat post, Weyless Industries actually went so far as to hire a talented young man by the name of Bill Shook, an amateur racer from Ohio and all around "bicycle tinkerer", as their in-house designer based upon the strength of those components he was already having produced for sale to locals in very limited numbers courtesy of his grandfather Thurston Shook’s company Thurston, Inc. of Columbus, Ohio. While the Weyless branded version of the Bill Shook hub did away with a few of its novelties so as to meet certain production price points, it still boasted several rather innovative features including stainless steel annular sealed cartridge bearings with protective Teflon dust seals, a simple safeguard that prevented over zealous clamping of the hub from causing its bearings to thereafter bind (...a far too common occurrence that ruined many other early sealed bearing units), countersunk spoke holes on the flanges to help minimize spoke breakage, and a truly distinctive quick release mechanism incorporating an ergonomic handle that was incredibly easy to open and close. As the name would imply, a pair of these Weyless hubs tipped the scales at a scant 423 grams - absolutely the lightest production freewheel hubset available at the time weighing over 75 grams less than their Campagnolo model 1034 small flange counterparts. A couple of years after the demise of the original Weyless company, the very same aforementioned Bill Shook would found American Classic Equipment, Inc. in 1982. In fact, several aspects of those Weyless hubs were subsequently incorporated into the first American Classic offerings while the Weyless seat post design was copied outright owing to the fact that Bill had been savvy enough to retain the design patents under the Thurston, Inc. name rather than allowing them to become vested with his defunct former employer.]
