I think you're getting onto something there -- 3 speed MTN bikes could be the new single speed MTN bikes. Now, which company would take that on? A super durable, lightweight 3sp. IG hub and stealthy shifter (no doubt incorporating some sort of dropper seat post button as well). I vote for Sram to do it -- and wait for it ... *wirelessly* as well (!) (Cue the groans and gasps from the peanut gallery).
Cool idea though. Jeffrey (one day I'm sure I'll one an eTap drive train) Kane On Monday, November 6, 2017 at 7:16:58 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Patrick of the Moore asked with cocked eyebrow on a tilted head, me > squintin’ back at ‘im, puffin’ me pipe: “I'm curious as to your motive.” > Grin. > > Hearty simplicity with just enough practicality added to make it work. > Grin. My general approach to things is to try (for a minimum of three > months) the simplest way to do something. Doing so ALWAYS teaches me a LOT > and often the lessons are often utterly counter to anything I thought I > knew. I’ve spoken about doing this with going barefoot (where I > “discovered” the idea), and then floor living. A more recent iteration of > it is with writing. My first drafts are now all cursive on 5” x 7” > notebooks, in pencil, holding it completely differently from what is taught > (but as is shown in paintings almost universally from 300ish to 1,800s) and > sharpened to a 1.1mm lead. Without going into the mind numbing details, > this promotes flow of thought (and gets me past my brain injury challenges > of focus and losing train of thought), whereas typing and print are very > staccato. > > Since I’ve had the Quickbeam and shifted the Hunqapillar to a 1x9 38t x > 12-36t with manual bailout chainring of 24t (no front DR), I have often had > the thought “I only need rather wide spaced gearing, 3-5 gears, with a > really low gearing option for bikepacking. The QB is my “as simple as it > can be done” bike and it continues to teach me a LOT. Grin. I’m now > striving to apply that to the Hunqapillar. > > From what I’ve read the new Taiwanese Sturmey Archers are vast > improvements over the post 1950’s British made mediocre ones. They are > sealed (at least more so) than what you rode. > > Why IGH? Weatherproofing. Why 3? Heartiest, beefiest around. Greatest gear > range per gear, giving a 2 x 3 drive the same or slightly greater range as > my current 2x cassette. > > With abandon, > Patrick -- 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.
