As a reward to 14 year old son of breaking the 30 minute time for a 10 in his first year of racing I bought him a pair of Campag Sciroccos via mail order 4 weeks ago. He thinks they are cooool!. However after a he lost the rear wheel on a tight left hand junction - he stayed upright - I checked his bike over and found that there was a lot of sideways movement at the rim on the rear wheel. I checked out the bearings but I understand that the bearings are non adjustable. I chatted to a couple of guys in the club with differing views of whether this movement is normal, considering that it appears half the spokes are missing when compared to a normal spoked wheel. The deflection at the rim is probably 4-5 mm. Is this Normal? And if it is does this have any effect the bike's stability? Your counsel please."
Cheers, helen s
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Need to ask Vernon a question, or perhaps you know Helen......
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As a reward to 14 year old son of breaking the 30 minute time for a 10 in his first year of racing I bought him a pair of Campag Sciroccos via mail order 4 weeks ago. He thinks they are cooool!. However after a he lost the rear wheel on a tight left hand junction - he stayed upright - I checked his bike over and found that there was a lot of sideways movement at the rim on the rear wheel. I checked out the bearings but I understand that the bearings are non adjustable.
Does this movement FEEL like loose bearings (ie. free play - clunks back and forth with very little finger pressure just like loose cones produce with conventional bearings) or is it just flex at the rim when pushed quite hard? The latter might be normal, depending on how hard you're pushing it. The former is not right with ANY wheels if play is anywhere near 4mm.
I'll look-up the wheels wheels on the Campag site to see what kind of bearings they have. Might be back with another reply later.........
Need to ask Vernon a question, or perhaps you know Helen......
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As a reward to 14 year old son of breaking the 30 minute time for a 10 in his first year of racing I bought him a pair of Campag Sciroccos via mail order 4 weeks ago. He thinks they are cooool!. However after a he lost the rear wheel on a tight left hand junction - he stayed upright - I checked his bike over and found that there was a lot of sideways movement at the rim on the rear wheel. I checked out the bearings but I understand that the bearings are non adjustable.
Does this movement FEEL like loose bearings (ie. free play - clunks back and forth with very little finger pressure just like loose cones produce with conventional bearings) or is it just flex at the rim when pushed quite hard? The latter might be normal, depending on how hard you're pushing it. The former is not right with ANY wheels if play is anywhere near 4mm.
wafflyDIRTYcatLITTERhcsBOX <[email hidden]> wrote: : found that there was a lot of sideways movement at the rim on the rear wheel. I checked out the : bearings but I understand that the bearings are non adjustable.
This is wrong. All Campag wheels let you adjust the side-to-side play. On the modern wheels it's a very different system to the old cup-and-cone type but (IMO) much nicer to adjust.
Take it to a competent bike shop and get it fixed.
Does this movement FEEL like loose bearings (ie. free play - clunks back and forth with very little finger pressure just like loose cones produce with conventional bearings) or is it just flex at the rim when pushed quite hard?
No - not loose bearings but Vernon says it's more of a deflection at the rim. Whether it's when it's pushed quite hard - If Vernon putrs his thumbs on the rim near the break bridge and pushes, the rim will deflect this 4mm or so. Now, he says he doesn't have to push hard for this to happen.
He's had the wheel out and put it on the truing jig, thinggie, and the wheel doesn't seem to be out of true as such - nor does it appear to be suffering dishing (?).
Cheers, helen s
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This is wrong. All Campag wheels let you adjust the side-to-side play. On the modern wheels it's a very different system to the old cup-and-cone type but (IMO) much nicer to adjust.
I think you must be forgetting about Campag's cartridge bearing hubs - nothing to adjust on those. The wheel in question has these (according to Vernon & Campag's manuals). Anyway, it seems like the problem is not the bearings.
No - not loose bearings but Vernon says it's more of a deflection at the rim. Whether it's when it's pushed quite hard - If Vernon putrs his thumbs on the rim near the break bridge and pushes, the rim will deflect this 4mm or so. Now, he says he doesn't have to push hard for this to happen.
I suppose it depends what we mean by "hard". A certain amount of flex is normal with all wheels--and this can seem alarming if never really tested and noticed before--but perhaps spoke tension is low (all round) if it's really bad. Might be a good idea to get someone who's familiar with these wheels to 'ave a feel, and ask on rec.bicycles.tech. I'm afraid I can't help any further as I don't know this model.
Whether it's when it's pushed quite hard - If Vernon putrs his thumbs on the rim near the break bridge and pushes, the rim will deflect this 4mm or so. Now, he says he doesn't have to push hard for this to happen.
....Thinking more about what *I* mean by hard, I only meant hard compared to testing bearings. Not a great deal of pressure is required to deflect an average conventional race wheel to 4 or 5mm with a finger and thumb.
No - not loose bearings but Vernon says it's more of a deflection at the rim. Whether it's when it's pushed quite hard - If Vernon putrs his thumbs on the rim near the break bridge and pushes, the rim will deflect this 4mm or so. Now, he says he doesn't have to push hard for this to happen.
I suppose it depends what we mean by "hard". A certain amount of flex is normal with all wheels--and this can seem alarming if never really tested and noticed before--but perhaps spoke tension is low (all round) if it's really bad. Might be a good idea to get someone who's familiar with these wheels to 'ave a feel, and ask on rec.bicycles.tech. I'm afraid I can't help any further as I don't know this model.
~PB
I don't think it is necessarily anything to worry about, if the bearings are set correctly, Andrews Bianchi wheels, with only a few spokes, can move similarly. Don't expect these wheels to be as stiff as a paving slab, though they shouldn't be as flexible as a pair of bib shorts.
if thw wheels don't rub on the brake blocks when sprinting hard, then they are probably ok. -- Pete
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I think you must be forgetting about Campag's cartridge bearing hubs - nothing to adjust on those. The wheel in question has these (according to Vernon & Campag's manuals). Anyway, it seems like the problem is not the bearings.
Based on my experiences of Sachs New Success and Hope cartridge hub bearings, they're pretty much spot-on "from the box", so I'd agree.
: I think you must be forgetting about Campag's cartridge bearing hubs - nothing to adjust on those. : The wheel in question has these (according to Vernon & Campag's manuals). Anyway, it seems like : the problem is not the bearings.
Not forgetting. I didn't know Campag did any cartridge bearing hubs! Which wheels have these then?
And of course, even cartridge bearing hubs can be adjusted with the right tools (though you'd probably have to spend them to the Campag specialist/distributor, which used to be Mercian)
Also, Avanti, Xenon, Mirage and now Veloce have cartridge bearings in the rear hubs. Smooth and reliable. They are meant to be maintenance-free but more grease can be injected by removing seals.
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And of course, even cartridge bearing hubs can be adjusted with the right tools (though you'd probably have to spend them to the Campag specialist/distributor, which used to be Mercian)
I think it is indeed a specialist job with these. I haven't got a clue how to do it myself with my Mirage (if anything is adjustable?). There really doesn't seem much to them - and they are apparently require different tools to more usual cartridge hubs.
