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Chromed brake hub


Lee halsall
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A close examination of my front hub shows the chrome off in a couple of places . Not having come across chroming brake hubs ,I wondered how bad are these patches ? How long will the rest of the  lining last ? Strangely, the rear brake has a steel liner .

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2 hours ago, Lee halsall said:

Do you know of hubs in the same condition as mine lasting a few years ?

I believe the quality of chrome was inconsistent, some flanked off within months. Keep an eye on it, it may be fine. 

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To have so little flaking after all these years, you have got a good one. One of mine on a 1975 bike is still perfect while another on a 1978 bike was terrible and had to have a liner fitted.

From memory your bike is a 115 or 116 which may have the type of rear hub that came with a ferrous liner from new.

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Thanks for that 👍fully re assured , I’ll go ahead and get it rebuilt. It was only when I wiped the drum out properly after polishing up the outer that I spotted the two areas that were close to the inner edge .I was going to buy spokes from inmotion and re spoke it  , then I found out that spokes weren’t available for the 140 mm hub .

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