It's plausible. 22 or 24T chainring with 1:1 or 1.6:1 ratio. So you get a granny in 1:1 and the equivalent of a 35 or 38T ring in the overdrive. But IMHO the grey or black or whatever doesn't really look like it belongs on a Riv. Maybe it looks better in person than in the photo?
dougP On Jun 20, 5:22 pm, Montclair BobbyB <montclairbob...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK folks... HERE is the solution to HS.... (And thanks Esteban for > giving me a clue)... It stands for Hammerschmidt... it's a 2-speed > crankset developed by SRAM (similar to the Schlumpf) with a built-in > transmission (in the crank). It obviates the need for a front > derailleur. The question is whether this will be an all-out front AND > rear internal transmission bike... I say yes, it will. > > OK, everyone can watch reality TV once again, I'm spent.... > > Peace, > BB > > On Jun 20, 7:47 pm, Roger <rogerdhod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > "I'm not familiar with the SA 8-speed. Is the shifter indexed or just > > the hub?" > > > The SA 8-speed hub isn't indexed, but it definitely wants to be > > centered into each gear without much feedback. Supposedly Sheldon > > Brown could do it, but like 99% of the things Sheldon could do, it was > > beyond my skills. I miss Sheldon. > > > Part of the allure of the thumbshifter (which would be about equal > > with a barend shifter) was that I used the wheel/cable/shifter setup > > as a self-contained module that I could have on or off of my single > > speed bike in a couple of minutes with nothing but 2 or 3 zipties for > > the cable and tightening the shifter clamp on the bar. Except for the > > constant "is it in or out of gear" fiddliness and ker-chunking out of > > gear under load it was great. I'd like a clamp-on downtube shifter > > best of all for this concept. > > > On Jun 20, 2:53 pm, Kenneth Stagg <kenneth.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Roger <rogerdhod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > " It would be very cool if they also made a real shifter for the > > > > Rohloff. I'm not in the market for a new bike but I'd be very, very > > > > happy to get a bar end shifter that was setup to handle the extra > > > > throw required by the Rohloff! I'd ditch that damned twist shifter in > > > > a split second." > > > > > I feel the same way about the SA 8-speed I have and its twist shifter. > > > > I'm not familiar with the SA 8-speed. Is the shifter indexed or just > > > the hub? The silly thing about not offering a bar-end or similar for > > > the Rohloff is that the shifter has no indexing - it's all handled at > > > the hub - so the only issues are the dual cable setup (easy enough) > > > and pulling enough cable (more work but doable.) > > > > -Ken- 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-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.
