My three-speed bikes with old-style Sturmey-Archer hubs have served me well for decades.
Except for one winter about eight years ago, when the temperature didn't go above zero for a week. My hub somehow got stuck in the neutral gear between second and third, and it wouldn't budge until we returned to normal winter weather. That time is enshrined in my memory as "the winter when it was so cold that my bicycle wouldn't start." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robbie Webber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] Winter riding question > 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 > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
