SirMike1983
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
I updated the entry to Paramount hubs. It's funny because I stared at this 1939 Catalog page for a while when I was contemplating this bike:
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Looks like 4045 and 4120 on this bike. Now that you guys point this out, it seems like the true "telephone dial" hubs have a domed flange while these Paramount hubs seem less domed.
When they say Rear Racing Hub does that mean its fixed drive? I didn't see any brakes...
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Exactly so, standard phone dial on the lightweight (single speed freewheel, phone dialer front) has a bulkier center section with a bell at each end so that it has a kind of dog bone look. The Paramount has a narrower, straighter center section.
Non-Paramount phone dialer type: