Original Message: ----------------- From: Mark Stonich mark@bikesmithdesign.com Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 11:06:04 -0500 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Sturmey Archer
At 09:14 PM 8/2/2005, Bianca Pratorius wrote:
>I for one am not a snob about hub gearing. I would love to own a five
>speed hub gearing based bike,
Garth, 4 and 5 speed Sturmey hubs are always on Ebay, and usually can be gotten
fairly cheaply. Try one, you might get hooked.
Definately. Although I must say the most reliable "sexy" SA hub gear is the AM (three-speed medium ratio). The four speeds (FM, FC) are swell and th e FC sublime but I must say that lowest gear is often a ***** to get shifted
down to. And stay in place. One of the many things a dad would tell hi s son was "never stand in the saddle with a SA hub"... worth heeding with the lowest gear on an FC. Someone told me they fixed all this around 1958 bu t no one was buying such things by then.
I am not too sure about five-speed hubs... they were all wide-ratio and kinda boring if you're looking for something "club bike" and sporty. The y also needed dual shifters, the kind that look they belong on a Stingray or
a Chopper. You'd lose all respect from the club lads showing up with tha t.
I rode my '48 RRA with an FC hub this am... 16 miles. I won't anno y Chuck or others to relate the results of a spirited little three-way 4-mile roadrace on the way home. But there's a very contented blue Raleigh sitt ing at home...
Peter Kohler Washington DC USA
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