eenwieler-sander;1170983 wrote:
the last part looks strange to me because i have tried a bike with the
nuvinci hub and i could stand on the pedals and it dit not slip





kington99 specified -reverse- torque. The CV hub is probably designed
so that the frictional force is increased with forward torque (like a
rotating lock down) and decreased with reverse torque. Hence, you can
stand on the pedals and it won't slip and you can reverse the direction
and get it to slip by hand.

Sturmey Archer and some other free-wheeling geared hubs have a
directional design, also. Their gear teeth are more like ratchets and
will easily lock in the forward direction but slip in the reverse
direction.


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