As a shop that’s been continuously operating for forty-five years in one location, we’ve got some dusty piles of old parts in the basement. While we have a self-serve used section in the back corner of the shop that can be a treasure trove, I wanted to share some of the fun new old stock (NOS) stuff I found hidden away in the basement, out of browsing eyes, while doing year-end inventory.
Many of these are long out of production, and service or compatible parts are no longer available. Surprisingly, I also found a few modern parts that wriggled their way into the piles, parts we ordered by accident, or for wheel builds that just never happened.
I found the most interesting to be the pile of old hubs from bygone eras, including the fixed gear craze from a decade ago and the internally geared hub craze from several decades ago. Well before my time, somewhere in between those phases, the shop did an enormous number of wheel builds as part of modernising and selling old English 3-speeds. While we are long out of classic Sturmey 3speed hubs, we remain with piles of front hubs from that project.
Some of the highlights:
– Phil Wood FX/FW Rear Track Hub: OLD 120, High Polish, 36h
– Sturmey Archer S30 S-RF3 3-Speed Rear Hub: OLD 127mm, 175mm axle. Still available at retail for $125, Sturmey’s modern three-speed internally geared hub from after redesign that eliminated the neutral gear. 175mm axle is plenty long to allow for it to be spaced out for a wider frame.
– All-City New Sheriff Hub: 32h Front, High Polish. Discontinued several years ago, All-City’s BMX-inspired designed-in-house fixed-gear hub originally retailed for $95.
– SRAM 716 X7 Front Hub: 6-Bolt Disc, 32h, black. 15mm x 100 front thru-axles do not roll through Broadway very often, so you can imagine my surprise to find such a hub under the dust in the basement.
– Shimano Nexus 7 SG-7R46 for roller brake (2): no brake, no shifter (and likely no shifter available)
– SRAM Dual Drive 3×9 rear internal/external hub (4): 36h with hardware but no shifters (and no shifter available)
– Sachs 3-sp rear hub with drum brake: 118 OLD, with shifter and hardware kit
– Sachs Super 7: 36h
– Raleigh, Phillips, assorted 3sp front hubs (lots)
– NOS and used Suntour sealed, assorted (mostly front) hubs (lots)
As a 26″ diehard, I personally put a huge dent in the overstock rims in the shop. Nonetheless, we still unearthed a dozen or so NOS rims in the corners of the shop:
– Mavic XM317: 26″, 32h (2) and 36h (1), silver
– Mavic EX721: 26″, 32h, black (2)
– Velocity Aerohead: 26″, 32h, white MSW
– Mavic Open Sport: 700c, 32h, silver (3)
– Velocity Dyad: 700c, 48h, silver MSW
– Velocity Chukker: 700c, 36h, black MSW
– Velocity Synergy: 700c, 32h, silver
I’ll save the chainrings for another rainy day. In the meantime, drop us a line if you’re interested in picking up any of these gems. And as always, swing by the shop, give the used section a look, and say hello.
– JCW