Discovered this unusual, but really nice 1974-1983 front wheel hub cover. Top is the late style crappy plastic cover, bottom left is the better early stamped chrome-steel cover, and bottom right is a super-sweet cast aluminum cover.
Crappy plastic, better stamped steel, and uber-nice cast aluminum. I've seen plenty of the other two, but I assume the cast aluminum is rare. Anyone else have one, and on what year bike?
It was on a normal 1974- and later 36-hole hub.
Here's the other side of the wheel, and this is where I am really confused. The rim is the early 1970-1973 chrome steel type (NOT the late 1980 and later chrome-steel type). The rotor is the 1974-76 two piece type (NOT the complicated 1972-73 two-piece type). The hub is the common 1974 and later type. I have never seen or heard of this hub being matched with this rim, and the parts diagrams corroborate this (it "should" be an aluminum-alloy rim). Does anyone else have a wheel like this, and what year is it?
Adding to the mystery is this 1975 parts bike I own. It has the exact same hybrid wheel on it, except the hub cover is the usual stamped chrome-steel type. Note the 34mm forks, forward-mounted caliper, two-piece rotor, all as expected, but matched to a chrome-steel rim. It should be an aluminum-alloy rim. Thoughts?