Dear RBW Owners Bunch, I'm looking for information on Shimano 3-speed internal hubs with the following idea in mind. In the following pictures:
http://www.cyclofiend.com/Images/rbw/rr36_pg27.jpg the rear derailleur shown is not functioning as a rear derailleur. There is no cable attached, and the derailleur is only there to take up a lot of slack so that I can have vastly different chainrings up front shifted with a front derailleur. Right now, the bike has three rings in front, 24-36-48, so the bike has three gears total. (In the photo, there are two gears with a pants-guard. This set-up has worked fine whether as a 1-speed or 2.) What I would like to do is get a bit of gear-shifting in the back through use of an internal 3-speed hub. I would like to make the bike an internal shifter in the rear but still retain its 3-chainring derailleur system in the front, for a total of 9 gears (3x3). Is there any reason that I couldn't use an internal 3-speed hub, like Shimano's, but while using this hub, still have it work with the dummy derailleur mounted as shown in the photos so that it takes up slack and allows me to still do wide range shifting in front? I realize this is a bit complicated (due to rear spacing and lack of derailleur hanger in rear) and I'm trying to research it myself, but any pointers would be appreciated if it's not too much trouble. Thanks, Jim W. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
