At 03:48 PM 1/23/2003 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ideally what is nee! >ded is a sealed internally-geared hub that is filled with oil. This is >exactly what is done with most other gear boxes in vehicles and machinery. >The old Sturmey-Archer hubs to which you add oil probably are better suited >to winter use than the new so-called maintenance free hubs.
Which is why I still have a couple of otherwise useless (mangled and/or rusted) old 3-speeds in my basement. The old Sturmey-Archer hubs will go forever. One day I will use those old hubs for a new commuter (when I learn to build a bike!) Those 3-speeds were my main mode of transp. year round from 1986-1992. The only reason I stopped using one was a major bike crash. I replaced it with another one purchased out of someone's garage and kept riding. A thing of beauty. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
