Rohloff SpeedHub

Anyone got an experience of these? I'm pondering dropping a
large pile of money on a Rohloff mtb.

Also, anyone know of anyone who sells such a beast apart
from St John St Cycles/Thorn?

Arthur


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Arthur Clune wrote:

Anyone got an experience of these? I'm pondering dropping a
large pile of money on a Rohloff mtb.

Also, anyone know of anyone who sells such a beast apart
from St John St Cycles/Thorn?

OK, when I've finished masturbating on mine you're welcome to give it a go.

Seriously, ****ing expensive, big drawback.

Shifts in nanoseconds, impervious to crud, linear range is better that
of a deraillure, no maintenance, shifts while stationary, shifts under
load. The only thing it doesnt do is shift for you.

Just about to put a 2-wheeler MTB together with another one. Yes, I'm
that impressed.

PS cum stains wipe off superb anodised finish in seconds.

"Arthur Clune" writes:

Anyone got an experience of these? I'm pondering dropping a
large pile of money on a Rohloff mtb.

Yes - basically they're great. I'd use one an anything but a really
light road bike, although for some bikes they're probably overkill. I
have one on my commuter and when I get round to getting a new MTB I'll
definitely get one with a speedhub.

They have a tendency to make a slight noise in gears 6/7 which is
irritating, but improves as they wear in. This shifter is a twist
shift, but much better than ones for shifting standard mechs.


Also, anyone know of anyone who sells such a beast apart
from St John St Cycles/Thorn?

Kinetics. SJSC.

Arthur Clune wrote:
....
Also, anyone know of anyone who sells such a beast apart
from St John St Cycles/Thorn?

Kinetics in Glasgow http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk

best wishes
james

On 25 Feb 2005 21:06:53 GMT, "Arthur Clune" wrote:

Anyone got an experience of these? I'm pondering dropping a
large pile of money on a Rohloff mtb.

Also, anyone know of anyone who sells such a beast apart
from St John St Cycles/Thorn?

Used one in two recumbents, bought another one for a very second-hand
velomobile (faired recumbent trike). can't image life without one.
You do lose 1 or 2 MPH on the straight & flat but everywhere else it's
brilliant. New ones are even smoother shifting than the early models.
DO get one with the external shifting arrangement; it's only another
€200 or so, and much better than the fiddling little wire in the
base-line model. Just received two aftermarket full-length gripshifts
from http://www.ligfietsshop.nl/ wich make shifting even more
effordless.
Only problem: you'll get spoiled and want one on every bike, wich may
get expensive for some people.

Mark van Gorkom.

Mark van Gorkom wrote:
On 25 Feb 2005 21:06:53 GMT, "Arthur Clune" wrote:


Anyone got an experience of these? I'm pondering dropping a
large pile of money on a Rohloff mtb.

Also, anyone know of anyone who sells such a beast apart

from St John St Cycles/Thorn?


snip

Only problem: you'll get spoiled and want one on every bike, wich may
get expensive for some people.

This man the truth speaks.

wrote:

: Kinetics in Glasgow http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk

Sorry, I should have been more clear. Does anyone know who sells
complete Rohloff-equiped MTBs not just the hubs?

Cheers,

Arthur


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wrote:

: Kinetics in Glasgow http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk

Sorry, I should have been more clear. Does anyone know who sells
complete Rohloff-equiped MTBs not just the hubs?

There's someone who posts to singletrack world as simon at nicolai dot
org dot uk. Nicolai URL:http://www.nicolai.net/ make some of the
nicest mountain bikes anywhere, and their nucleon concept of putting
the Rohloff just above the bottom bracket thus reducing unsprung mass
seems to me the way to go - but warning, they ain't cheap.

See e.g.
URL:http://www.g-boxx.org/_2-english/history/_1-history-10.html

Note that the final drive chain runs inside the swing-arm and is
consequently protected from dirt. The primary drive (bottom bracket to
speedhub) is also enclosed. The lighter cross-country bikes tend to
have the speedhub in the conventional place - presumably the Nucleon
arrangement is currently heavy.

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"Arthur Clune" wrote in message
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wrote:

: Kinetics in Glasgow http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk

Sorry, I should have been more clear. Does anyone know who sells
complete Rohloff-equiped MTBs not just the hubs?

Cheers,

Arthur


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Look at bikes rotor bikes on the kinetics site and you will see the bikes

PK

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Brooke ') wrote:

There's someone who posts to singletrack world as simon at nicolai dot
org dot uk.

Sorry, trying to be too clever. s/org/co/

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