Its a beauty! very nice build. I am sure there are QB purists out there that would shudder but to me both the QB and IGH are about keeping it simple so a marriage of the two makes lots of sense to me. Interested to hear more about the efficency versus a derailleur set up.
I *may* be moving to a job that is closer to home (currently about 25 miles one way with lots of stop and go) which might help me justify an IGH commuter for my quiver ;-) thanks for the photos and inspiration. Love the bar end jtek btw looks very slick RR On Nov 17, 1:24 pm, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > My only issue with the hub (once I got the first defective hub repaired by > the good folks at Hiawatha Cyclery) is that it's definitely not as efficient > as a standard derailleur setup, and much less effiicient than a fixed gear. > I'll be posting a more detailed writeup on my blog soon, but in summary the > hub doesn't like to be pushed hard. Spinning on the flats, it works fine, > but when taking off from a start or climbing even a modest grade you can feel > the gears inside the hub working. > It l > I originally set this bike up to ride in brevets next year, but I'm not ready > to commit to that yet. So far, I'm afraid that the reduced efficiency would > make it too hard to ride very long distances. > > --Eric > campyonly...@me.comwww.campyonly.comwww.wheelsnorth.org > > On Nov 17, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Mark wrote: > > > > > > > > > I dont know why more people dont have rear hubs.....I've never seen > > one break and theres no maintenance. Grant has told me he doesnt like > > them. Never really explained why, but I like em. > > Great job Eric! > > > Surf > > > On Nov 17, 2:01 pm, stevep33 <steve...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Most interesting post I've seen in a while. Good to see that the rear > >> spacing is a non-issue. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en > > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > --Eric > campyonly...@me.comwww.campyonly.comwww.wheelsnorth.org- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=.
