{"product_id":"harden-track-hubset-40h-32h-drilled-lightened-bacon-slicers-1940s-high-flange-annular-cartridge-bearing-near-mint","title":"Harden Track Hubset: 40H\/32H - Drilled \/ Lightened Bacon Slicers - 1940's - High Flange - Annular Cartridge Bearing (Near Mint+)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eHarden \"Bacon Slicers\" and their drilled \"with lightening holes\" counterpart are the English version of \"best hubs ever produced\" along side the French's MAXI-CAR.  These are what you equipped on top shelf no expense spared British bikes when Airlite and Bayliss-Wiley weren't fancy enough.  They have incredibly smooth and long lasting annular cartridge bearings, and the famous Tecalemit grease nipple.  Hub shells are one piece alloy and brilliantly polished.  They were produced from about 1942 to the end of the 40's, though they were selling the hubs through the mid 50's.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eAccording to Classic Lightweights, Harden started offering the drilled version in 1947, and the 40 hole hub sometime in the late 40's.  The front hub's flange has the Prov. Pat made in England stamping, the rear hub does not have flange stampings.  Curiously neither hub's center shell has the Harden logo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eHarden also produced a lower end hub with traditional cup and cone bearings called the Flywate, which is identified via flat dust cones (vs the high end's domed cones) and the inside of the flanges have bulges where the bearings sit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eNear mint or better very lightly used show worthy shape!  Bearings, as expected, feel perfect and beyond buttery smooth.  Hub shells are very clean with minimal marks.  Spoke marks are barely visible at the holes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eRear: 40 hole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eFront: 32 hole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53410854830220,"sku":"13416","price":199.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0785\/5144\/9740\/files\/portland_vintage_bike_shop_race_face_turbine_nuovo_record_gruppo_silca_frame_pumps_zefal_milremo_26171__72758.1685230595.1280.1280.jpg?v=1792375160","url":"https:\/\/swooncycles.com\/products\/harden-track-hubset-40h-32h-drilled-lightened-bacon-slicers-1940s-high-flange-annular-cartridge-bearing-near-mint","provider":"Swoon Cycles (Bike ReCyclery)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}