Another wheel build today (etc.).
A customer brought me Campagnolo Sigma rims
in hard anodized finish.
Today I'm building the rear wheel with the lighter set.
Got it built.
C Record hub, 32H, laced half-comp 4-cross.
I'll do the rim tape later.
This hub has a couple of unusual features.
↑This one's mine, but the hub at the bottom of the image
is a C Record 8-speed freehub.
The 8-speed freehub had eight identical spline positions,
with sprockets marked A through H,
which you'd install according to a chart
to arrange the shift points as efficiently as possible.
For details (→here)
This customer brought me
two Sigma hard anodized 32H rims and
two Sigma silver 28H rims,
plus front and rear Campagnolo hubs in 32H and 28H.
The image above shows
the 28H hub with a 9-speed freehub body
with a steel shaft.
↑This is the 32H hub,
and on the set screw that closes the grease port
it says "9SPEED."
This freehub body has one stepped spline position,
which means it became compatible up to 12-speed
as a result.
The 28H hub didn't have this marking,
but it's the same thing. The spare parts number is
FH-RE215.
By comparison, the 8-speed freehub body number is FH-RE115.
While it's possible the rear hub
originally came with a 9-speed freehub from the factory,
it's more likely that
an 8-speed freehub hub
was upgraded to 9-speed later.
The other unusual feature is
that it has a titanium shaft.
On Campagnolo hubs of that era with titanium shafts,
the end face on one side has
a CAMPAGNOLO laser engraving.
This hub shaft's part number is
FH-RE101TI, meaning the titanium version
of FH-RE101.
The 8-speed freehub hub number is
FH-30RE,
and the 8-speed freehub hub with titanium shaft is
FH-01RETI.
These two go up through the 1996 model year.
The 1997-1998 Record rear hub
is model FH-09RE,
with shaft FH-101TI,
titanium shaft only,
and freehub body number FH-RE315,
From 1999 onward,
the hub shaft became large-diameter aluminum FH-RE201,
with matching freehub body FH-RE415,
and the cone pressed into the hub body
became replaceable.
CULT bearings weren't available yet at this point,
but this was the first model where
CULT bearing upgrade became possible.
The last two digits of the freehub body number
follow the rule of 15.
The initial release was the Bora part,
and the Campagnolo 11-speed freehub body number is
FH-BO015.
FH-BO (O as in Oscar) 015, just to be clear.
The Shamal aero wheel released in 1996
(cataloged from 1995)
had an 8-speed freehub,
but 9-speed components came out the next year,
so as a relief measure for people who bought Shamal 8-speed,
Campagnolo later released
FH-SH015, a 9-speed freehub body.
Completely different from Shimano's approach (→here).
A customer brought me Campagnolo Sigma rims
in hard anodized finish.
Today I'm building the rear wheel with the lighter set.
Got it built.
C Record hub, 32H, laced half-comp 4-cross.
I'll do the rim tape later.
This hub has a couple of unusual features.
↑This one's mine, but the hub at the bottom of the image
is a C Record 8-speed freehub.
The 8-speed freehub had eight identical spline positions,
with sprockets marked A through H,
which you'd install according to a chart
to arrange the shift points as efficiently as possible.
For details (→here)
This customer brought me
two Sigma hard anodized 32H rims and
two Sigma silver 28H rims,
plus front and rear Campagnolo hubs in 32H and 28H.
The image above shows
the 28H hub with a 9-speed freehub body
with a steel shaft.
↑This is the 32H hub,
and on the set screw that closes the grease port
it says "9SPEED."
This freehub body has one stepped spline position,
which means it became compatible up to 12-speed
as a result.
The 28H hub didn't have this marking,
but it's the same thing. The spare parts number is
FH-RE215.
By comparison, the 8-speed freehub body number is FH-RE115.
While it's possible the rear hub
originally came with a 9-speed freehub from the factory,
it's more likely that
an 8-speed freehub hub
was upgraded to 9-speed later.
The other unusual feature is
that it has a titanium shaft.
On Campagnolo hubs of that era with titanium shafts,
the end face on one side has
a CAMPAGNOLO laser engraving.
This hub shaft's part number is
FH-RE101TI, meaning the titanium version
of FH-RE101.
The 8-speed freehub hub number is
FH-30RE,
and the 8-speed freehub hub with titanium shaft is
FH-01RETI.
These two go up through the 1996 model year.
The 1997-1998 Record rear hub
is model FH-09RE,
with shaft FH-101TI,
titanium shaft only,
and freehub body number FH-RE315,
From 1999 onward,
the hub shaft became large-diameter aluminum FH-RE201,
with matching freehub body FH-RE415,
and the cone pressed into the hub body
became replaceable.
CULT bearings weren't available yet at this point,
but this was the first model where
CULT bearing upgrade became possible.
The last two digits of the freehub body number
follow the rule of 15.
The initial release was the Bora part,
and the Campagnolo 11-speed freehub body number is
FH-BO015.
FH-BO (O as in Oscar) 015, just to be clear.
The Shamal aero wheel released in 1996
(cataloged from 1995)
had an 8-speed freehub,
but 9-speed components came out the next year,
so as a relief measure for people who bought Shamal 8-speed,
Campagnolo later released
FH-SH015, a 9-speed freehub body.
Completely different from Shimano's approach (→here).