[CR] Sturmey Archer TF hub

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From: "Mark Lawrence" <mark.lawrence@firstreadthis.com>
To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:04:10 +0100
Thread-Topic: Sturmey Archer TF hub
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Subject: [CR] Sturmey Archer TF hub


Hello,

I've bought one of these TF hubs recently, from our most esteemable fellow list member Hilary Stone. Does anyone know where I might find a special freewheel for a Sturmey Archer TF hub? Unlike most freewheels, the TF hub freewheel has splines, so doesn't take a standard SA freewheel.

As backstory, I was coveting a Rohloff Speedhub for a minimalist decouplable touring bike, but I figured that the Rohloff Speedhub just isn't minimalist enough. It sounds like a kitchen whisk, which makes me all the more happy with the silent TF. I figure that it would be very handy to take when touring. Just like a flip-flop really, I would use a low geared freewheel for the hills, and a higher geared fixed sprocket for the flats, but with the added advantage of a 25% gear drop to hand when the 3 course lunch at some really nice village bistro catches up with me on a climb.

Mark Lawrence
Oxford
Merry England