FWIW: My LBS can order the Sturmey Archer two speed hubs from QBP.
I'm going to build it with a Mavic Open Sport rim to match the existing Quickbeam rims. The cogs, $3 each...certainly the cheapest part of this project. :-) It will be interesting to see how well this works. Angus On Nov 23, 6:13 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > This sounds like a very good option. > > I've only found one place in the US selling the S2C (coaster brake). > I'll try my LBS as I don't really want the coaster brake. > > Anyone else know where to get these? > > Thanks! > > Angus > > On Nov 21, 9:50 am, "Thomas Lynn Skean" <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > Hi, all! > > > Does anyone have any experience with the sorta new Sturmey-Archer duomatic > > hub? If so... Are they of reasonable quality (as opposed to being a novelty > > or a fashion-gimmick or something intended for a department-store bike)? > > If you have no experience but would venture an opinion, would you *expect* > > them to be of reasonable quality? (I know nothing about the modern > > Sturmey-Archer company or about low-gear-count IGHs at all.) > > > Could you imagine one on a Quickbeam/SimpleOne? > > > I like the idea of a singlespeed bike. But I expect that with my weight > > (~240ish) and given that I have already flirted with slight knee pain, > > riding a singlespeed bike very much would not be my favorite thing (or the > > smartest thing) to do. Over time, I expect that launches would challenge my > > knees with any gearing that I could contemplate cruising in. I understand > > that the SimpleOne is designed to be more than just a singlespeed. But I > > know me; I really can't see me hopping off the bike and moving the rear > > wheel whenever I needed to exploit that fact. > > > However, I've done some gearing arithmetic and have concluded that I might > > be happy with the two-speed duomatic hub. I could imagine launching in > > "low" (somewhat carefully) and then cruising in "high" (somewhat > > spinningly). But the "carefully" and "Spinningly" parts would be generally > > "good things to do" sometimes anyway. And, though I am in now way tired of > > biking the way I do now, I am on the lookout for ways to "mix it up" so as > > to keep riding as long as possible (think numbers of years, not distance > > per ride). I'm thinking the duomatic might even prove a "gateway hub" to > > actual singlespeed riding (theory being that if I keep riding in general, > > and sometimes a two-speed in particular, I'll continue to get healthier and > > become less vulnerable to knee pain as a result). I'm not remotely > > considering doing away with multi-speed riding (why would I leave my home > > in Hillborne heaven?). > > > I've had uniformly bad experiences with multi-speed IGHs in the past (7- > > and 8-speed Shimanos of 5+ years ago). But I'm open to the idea that, with > > the duomatic being a two-speed and with IGHs having perhaps improved as > > they've become more popular in the mainstream since then, it might not give > > me problems like those hubs of yore. > > > Any thoughts? > > > Yours, > > Thomas Lynn Skean > > P.S. > > One possibility I'm considering is a completely cable-less SimpleOne with > > the coaster-brake version of the duomatic. That's the way I often rode > > bikes growing up; one rear brake, one rear gear. Though there'd be > > complexity hidden in the hub, the rest of the bike would be as simple as it > > gets. -- 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=en.
