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Photo from the collection of Jeff Archer of First Flight Bicycles. If you think you know what this is, post your answer in the ‘comments’ section– the correct answer will be posted there on Tuesday!

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fd
fd
12 years ago

It’s a front hub:)

Simone
Simone
12 years ago

Vintage Hershey front hub…..

Mr Tiles
Mr Tiles
12 years ago

purple front hub.

kieron
kieron
12 years ago

some kind limited edition hope hub from about 15 yrs ago?

dgaddis
12 years ago

It’s a front hub from the 90’s. That’s all I got.

Fixie Dave
12 years ago

bullseye

neuway
neuway
12 years ago

NukeProof!

Rich
12 years ago

Hershey Racing X ray hub.

Wally
12 years ago

Hershey “Naked” hub.

Mike
Mike
12 years ago

Old Hope Ti Glide front hub?

Gerald
Gerald
12 years ago

Hershey Naked Hub

erik
erik
12 years ago

Bullseye hub, I remember wanting to get all sorts of combinations of colors

erik
erik
12 years ago

Dangit… should have known better, Gerald was right.

RobO
RobO
12 years ago

That is a “Real” front hub. I currently have one on my 26″ single speed beater. If you rotate the axl it would show the label. Another cool feature is that the axl is threaded internally at the ends so it “bolts on” to the fork so that it doesn’t easily get stolen without a tool. Not to stiff to say the least but free to me and works just fine for a super fun beater bike.

RobO
RobO
12 years ago

By the way mine is black not the cool vintage purple ano that this one is. I’m sure First Flight has the Paul rear der and brakes to match.

Robert
Robert
12 years ago

Agree with RobO, a Real hub. A friend has one on a Bontrager frame with Onza canti brakes. Good stuff.

Mike Durner
Mike Durner
12 years ago

That is a Real Designs front hub in Ano Purple.

Justin
12 years ago

That looks dangerous

swagen
12 years ago

Definitely a Hershey. I would like to see a picture of the Real hub that RobO has. I have never seen a Real hub that looks anything like a Hershey hub.

Ross
Ross
12 years ago

Clark Kent hub?

Jesse J
Jesse J
12 years ago

Hershey Naked hub. Got a black one on my desk right now too.

Jeroen
Jeroen
12 years ago

Hersey indeed. This one was easy 😉

Greg
Greg
12 years ago

TNT hub early to Mid 90s.

Vintage mtb rider
12 years ago

lol, a Real hub? Everyone can see it is the super rare Grafton front disc hub proto that got stolen at bike show in 1992.

chadquest
chadquest
12 years ago

Worlds smallest fishtank.

km
km
12 years ago

Real hub!!

Old roadie
Old roadie
12 years ago

Its a Hershey “Lexan” and anodized aluminum front hub.
Designed by Greg G. in Redlands Ca..

Old Roadie
Old Roadie
12 years ago

It’s a Hershey Naked hub. Designed by Greg G. in Redlands, CA

Slush
Slush
12 years ago

Front Hershey Naked hub

joby
joby
12 years ago

Everyone who guessed Hershey got it right. At Real Design, we made a few of these, but never any in 3DV purple (that color craze had passed by the time we started making hubs and I refused to do more…)

The end caps are the give away, our Real hubs didn’t have any gap between the shoulder and the bearing race.

joby
joby
12 years ago

…after some thought, I recall that we did a few axles for some of these as a ‘joint venture’ with Greg, though not many. So to RobO, you might have one of the few prototypes or small run we did of the Real laser etching on these. But we never did 3DV purple….though there may be a few gold ones out there!

Nik
Nik
12 years ago

Hershey Racing Hub….I had one back years ago….

MARK
MARK
12 years ago

its a Hershey “Naked hub”, b*****s

Frank
Frank
12 years ago

Dude, that used to be MY hub, sold it to First Flight a couple years ago!

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