On my bike built for winter conditions I have a Shimano Alfine 8 speed hub with a kick brake and a front rim brake for fair weather and back up. You have to have a horizontal drop out to use the kick brake because of the risk of pulling the wheel out of a vertical drop out. Its also cleaner? more simple to run the IGH with out the need for a chain tensioner. I have never experienced or should I say perceived any friction in any of the gears.
In regards to tolerance to wet conditions no problems so far. Also I'd like to note that People have been riding old 3 speed bikes for years all around the world in all sorts of conditions. Anyone know what the dutch bicycles use for IGH? Finally Heinz Stücke used a Torpedo hub in his 3 speed that he traveled the world with. http://www.bikechina.com <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qcs-v0gxKyk/WgDF3dHKvxI/AAAAAAAACTk/f8GGdLpKRT4i2od9futHCzu1sSFN0bOWwCLcBGAs/s1600/Heinze%2BStucke.jpg> PS I was glad someone brought up the issue of needing a fork designed with intention of using a drum brake. If you google it you will find numerous cautionary tales about using said drum brake on a "regular fork". On Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 6:10:28 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Continuing to toy, and one alluring concept is going with a three speed > hub. I’ve searched around a bit and not found much (I know of Shaw’s > 3-Speed Society) specific to MTBing with 3-speed IGH. Anyone know of > anything? > > With abandon, > Patrick > > www.CredoFamily.org > www.MindYourHeadCoop.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
