Indeed it will. Do tell when the deed is done. The more I think about this idea the more I like it.
Bikes are great. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Nov 25, 2010, at 6:17 AM, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > FWIW: > > My LBS can order the Sturmey Archer two speed hubs from QBP. > > I'm going to build it with a Mavic Open Sport rim to match the > existing Quickbeam rims. > > The cogs, $3 each...certainly the cheapest part of this project. :-) > > It will be interesting to see how well this works. > > Angus > > On Nov 23, 6:13 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> This sounds like a very good option. >> >> I've only found one place in the US selling the S2C (coaster brake). >> I'll try my LBS as I don't really want the coaster brake. >> >> Anyone else know where to get these? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Angus >> >> On Nov 21, 9:50 am, "Thomas Lynn Skean" <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, all! >> >>> Does anyone have any experience with the sorta new Sturmey-Archer duomatic >>> hub? If so... Are they of reasonable quality (as opposed to being a novelty >>> or a fashion-gimmick or something intended for a department-store bike)? >>> If you have no experience but would venture an opinion, would you *expect* >>> them to be of reasonable quality? (I know nothing about the modern >>> Sturmey-Archer company or about low-gear-count IGHs at all.) >> >>> Could you imagine one on a Quickbeam/SimpleOne? >> >>> I like the idea of a singlespeed bike. But I expect that with my weight >>> (~240ish) and given that I have already flirted with slight knee pain, >>> riding a singlespeed bike very much would not be my favorite thing (or the >>> smartest thing) to do. Over time, I expect that launches would challenge my >>> knees with any gearing that I could contemplate cruising in. I understand >>> that the SimpleOne is designed to be more than just a singlespeed. But I >>> know me; I really can't see me hopping off the bike and moving the rear >>> wheel whenever I needed to exploit that fact. >> >>> However, I've done some gearing arithmetic and have concluded that I might >>> be happy with the two-speed duomatic hub. I could imagine launching in >>> "low" (somewhat carefully) and then cruising in "high" (somewhat >>> spinningly). But the "carefully" and "Spinningly" parts would be generally >>> "good things to do" sometimes anyway. And, though I am in now way tired of >>> biking the way I do now, I am on the lookout for ways to "mix it up" so as >>> to keep riding as long as possible (think numbers of years, not distance >>> per ride). I'm thinking the duomatic might even prove a "gateway hub" to >>> actual singlespeed riding (theory being that if I keep riding in general, >>> and sometimes a two-speed in particular, I'll continue to get healthier and >>> become less vulnerable to knee pain as a result). I'm not remotely >>> considering doing away with multi-speed riding (why would I leave my home >>> in Hillborne heaven?). >> >>> I've had uniformly bad experiences with multi-speed IGHs in the past (7- >>> and 8-speed Shimanos of 5+ years ago). But I'm open to the idea that, with >>> the duomatic being a two-speed and with IGHs having perhaps improved as >>> they've become more popular in the mainstream since then, it might not give >>> me problems like those hubs of yore. >> >>> Any thoughts? >> >>> Yours, >>> Thomas Lynn Skean >>> P.S. >>> One possibility I'm considering is a completely cable-less SimpleOne with >>> the coaster-brake version of the duomatic. That's the way I often rode >>> bikes growing up; one rear brake, one rear gear. Though there'd be >>> complexity hidden in the hub, the rest of the bike would be as simple as it >>> gets. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
