Re: [CR]Sheldon Brown and his planetary love of Sturmey Archer

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 16:47:36 -0700
To: "garth libre" <rabbitman@mindspring.com>
From: "Monkeyman" <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Sheldon Brown and his planetary love of Sturmey Archer
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

>Really, my question is why not an internal 10 speed, instead of just
>3,4 or 5? With carefull engineering, and evolution of design
>wouldn't it be at least possible? I mean if we currently fit 10 cogs
>where we once had 5, then by slenderizing everything it should work.
>Why not? Garth in Surfside Libre

Sorry OT. . . I guess you haven't seen the Rolhoff Speed hub http://www.rohloff.de/english/products/speedhub/ 14-speeds with a really wide (526%) range and doesn't weight any more then the parts it replaces. If I had the money they would be on all my bikes. Sachs also made a 12-speed but it was really a bowling ball. I think the reasons in the past are then 5 speed internals covered close to the same gear range a basic 10 speed did. Internal hubs are where it's at, or in the words of David Bowie "The Nazz." enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives -- Huge Spring Cleaning Bike Parts Sale http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~mkirklan/salepage/sale.html

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