Dear Chris and fellow list members,
I never rode a high-performance hub gear bicycle. I remember converting
my father's Hercules 3 speed with down bars and moving the trigger switch
by the handle bar plug for a sort of end shifter. It still rode in a
heavy fashion. I have used the modern Nexis 7 speed internal but that was
on a cruiser style bicycle and also not particularly lively feeling.
Assuming a decent lightweight frame and aluminum rims, can a 3 speed
Sturmey Archer feel or even be a fast bicycle? Thank you.
Tom (I know, it's not the bicycle it's the rider, but still...) Witkop
Rockville, Md.
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:41:46 -0500 Chris Beyer
<beyerc@mailserver.volvo.com> writes:
> Leonard, et al:
>
> Now you're speaking my language. But I'd vote for a British
> Club-racer
> style bike with a Sturmey-Archer hub, such as a FM. They shift
> positively, every time, which is more than you can say for the
> Cyclo.........Hub-gear bikes have that same uncluttered grace and
> simplicity as track bikes, but they're useable And I'm unconvinced
> that
> 7, 8, 9, and10-speed cassettes have made our cycling lives any
> better.
>
> Chris Beyer
> Epicyclic Bloomfield, NJ
>
> Leonard Bulger wrote:
>
> > How about an Alan Super Record with titanium Galli group and
> tapered
> > roller bearings? Or maybe the original Klein Stage? Bikes went
> > downhill after that time.
> > Seriously, I suppose the pinnacle would be a good 1940's 531 DB
> frame
> > with a Nivex or French Cyclo derailleur. Bikes haven't gotten
> any
> > better since then; it's just that the fads change.
> >
> > Leonard Bulger
> > temporarily sunny Ann Arbor
> >
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