Hi R Gonet, Curious as to what has been your long term experience with the IGH...
On Wednesday, 2 July 2008 20:46:41 UTC-7, R Gonet wrote: > > I just completed building up a Hilsen with a Shimano 8 speed internal > gear hub and really enjoy it. It is simple, easy to use, requires > little maintenance, and seems indestructible. The newest version is > supposed to be improved and can be installed with a disk brake, which > seems to be a great improvement. When I was searching for information > I was surprised to learn from Grant that they had never built such a > bike with this hub, and I talked to some of the frame builders at the > Cirque du Cyclisme last month and they had no experience with them, > either. All of this surprised me, since this hub seems like such a > practical, no-nonsense way to go. Anyway, long story short, my > mechanic and I completed the build and in the process we learned a few > "tricks" that I'd like to pass along to anyone interested. First, the > correct spindle length is 113 for a Sugino RD crank, which Rich at > Rivendell suggested. You'll also need a chain tensioner and the Surly > Singleator not only looks OK but works fine. But the real neat trick > is to install a coupler in the shift cable to make it easy to detach > the cable and remove the wheel to change a flat. I won't go into > detail except to say that it's difficult without the coupler, simple > with it, and this is the only downside I had found in using this Nexus > hub. If you're considering using this hub, I'd be more than happy to > share my limited knowledge with you. I'm really happy with it and > haven't found a reason to prefer derailers over the Nexus. > > BTW, the rest of the bike is pretty Riv'ed out: Silver sidepull > brakes, Tektro Interrupteurs, Noodle bar, Cane Creek levers, Grip King > pedals (another revelation), Jack Browns, Brooks B-17. Makes me want > to wear searsucker. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
