Well I been told by various people on this site that my hubs are the aluminum ones. But did hutch make the magnesuim shape hubs in aluminum. Did Hutch make a hollow titainium axle? Maybe a early model hub? If I remember correctly it was circa 1982-83. I had these hubs on my 1983 PK ripper back then. PK cracked and long gone. But the hubs I still have. The chrome is flaking away and showing oxidization. Can anyone give me more info? Thanks in advance.

As far as I'm aware, The Hutch mag/Ti hubs were a 3 piece hub and the Ti axle was solid.

no hollow Ti axles --- the hollow ones were chromo

and the alluminum later hubs only came in alluminum

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Jon

The three hubs Hutch made were:

the "economy hub", which was aluminum body with hollow chromoly axle. This hub is generally seen with a smooth "machined" finish, or perhaps had some light polishing.

the mag/ti, which was the magnesium body with solid titanium axle. Magnesium by nature oxidizes with moisture in the air and turns grey (or develops pitting over long-term). Some guys will debate whether mag bodies were plated, but I have seen documentation from Hutch to support that they were plated, along with the set I bought in 1983 that was, and another set I own now that is. I have also owned a couple survivor sets that had a bright finish, but almost as if they were not plated. It may be that earlier verions (82-83) had "Richard Hutchins-inspected" plating on them, which then got thinner as production volumes increased.

the aluminum body with hollow chromoly axle, same shape as the mag/ti. Chrome plated finish.

Read my post on this old thread and it will answer all of your questions.

Hutch Hub Thread

ok thanks I'm asking this becuse it changes the value of the sale of my bike stuff that I'm selling. I think they are the aluminum version of the mag/ti hubs going by the info. A friend offer a good sum of money for my bike and parts. I think he might put it on ebay after he's done deciding on what he want to keep.

Whereabouts in NorCal are you? I live in Fairfield and work in Walnut Creek.

I live in Sacramento

Here are the hubs in question.


Notice the chrome flaking
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