Hey John, There is more than one version of the S2 hub. The S2C (I think) is a coaster brake, the S2 has no brake but shifts by back pedaling...
Doug On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:27 PM, John Speare <johnspe...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Philip Williamson > <philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I may go the crazy way and build two rear wheels - one S2, one S3X. > > They'd both match my existing SON front wheel. Then I could put a > > dynohub on my wife's bike instead. > > > > > Hey Philip -- > > Isn't the S2 also a coaster brake kickback? You said you had a Sachs > duomatic 2 speed kickback coaster brake wheel and you didn't like > that? Why would you try an S2 then? Am I confused? > > I had the Sachs 2 speed kickback laced to a velocity blunt 700c rim > for a while. It never really clicked for me; I'd rather go fixed or > just singlespeed. The extra gear on the 2 speed was way too high -- > and I think I was running a 40x18 or so. > > > -- > John Speare > Spokane, WA USA > http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/ > -- 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 at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
