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Inside a Chainglider after 3500km with zero chain maintenance
On 12/04/15 16:26, Ralph Barone wrote:
Lou Holtman wrote: Joe Riel schreef op 12-4-2015 om 5:28: James writes: On 11/04/15 18:05, Lou Holtman wrote: Hey Jay I'm not saying that anyone, Amaricans or Europians, should spend whatever a Rohloff hub costs. I was wondering why you see more Rohloff hubs in Europe on normal bikes (I count 5 or 6 in the bike parking at work just on utility bikes) than in the USA. Ride whatever you like, or can affort. I will only respond if the arguments to not buy a Rohloff hub or an other IGH are not correct such as drag, complexity or weight etc. Last I checked, the weight of a Rohloff hub was quite a bit more than a rear hub with a cassette, front and rear derailleur and one chainring. Did I not add up the weight of components correctly? Besides the price, the wide range and rather coarse steps is a bit off-putting. My normal road bike has a gear range (highest/lowest) under 3, the Moulton's is 3.3. The Rohloff's range is over 5. I'd prefer something with finer steps and smaller range. I might consider one for the Moulton---its original Suntour shifters has remained in friction mode 'cause the indexed never worked properly, and the shifting on it really sucks. But the price would be hard to justify. I'd presumably be stuck with a chain tensioner. The 'big' 13% steps is a 'problem' for road use. Rohloff is meant for ATB use or loaded touring were the gear range is necessary and the big steps less important. My road bikes have derailleur system except the winterbike where maintenance/reliability is more important. Lou Could you squeeze a 2 gear cluster onto a Rohloff hub? A 17-16 with a derailleur would split the Rohloff ratios quite nicely (admittedly, by throwing away the one main advantage of the hub). You can get SA IGH that takes a cassette. You can then effectively do away with the triple chainring and front derailleur. -- JS |
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