I have a SA 2 speed kickback on my MB-2. It is probably just me, but I find the possibility of unintended shifts accompanying intended coaster braking a minor annoyance. If I were doing it over again I think I’d go with the non-coaster brake version.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patrick Moore Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 11:16 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch Subject: Re: [RBW] Thinking out loud: Sell the Rambouillet? Jeff -- inviting tenders of interest from interested parties; offlist. The kickback sounds very interesting (the only better thing would be a close ratio 3 speed hub; the S3X really has gaps too wide for my taste) and I'll be interested to hear of anyone's experience with it. PAM On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Jeff Lesperance <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I've pondered a kickback hub quite a bit. I've built and sold too many single speed and fixed gear bikes, as much as I love their simplicity, the terrain around me just wants more than one gear. I've also had just about every other modern IGH, save for a rollhoff, and they were all heavy, each had their quirks, and I only really loved one (shimano nexus "red band"). I have no IGH bikes in the fleet at the moment. I think that the 2-speed kickback/coaster would be the cheapest and easiest to implement and experiment with - no shifter, no cabling involved. I'm trying not to take a position here on the ultimate disposition of your ram, but in full disclosure, it is my size. On Thursday, March 5, 2015, Patrick Moore <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I've wavered like a reed in the wind about the Ram since I got it 2 years ago. On the one hand it fills an otherwise unfilled niche, multigear road bike; on the other hand, while it's very nice, I simply like riding my customs better and think either of (1) converting the gofast to a derailleur version of the errand fixie; or more likely, (2) simply getting multispeed hub gear wheels built for each of them. (Another conundrum: 2 speed kickback with coaster brake? S3X fixed? 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Not horribly bad, but with a 70" gear (no manly man will shift the chain to the 63" gear) I had some 3 miles of standing on the Mom-ward bound leg, climbing several hundred feet from the river valley at 5K against a NNW wind. Good thing I'm such a stud. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/<http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/> Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. Chuang Tzu Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. Aristotle The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. 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