I will do my best to break this hub. The most interesting thing so far, now that it's out of the plastic, is that you can slide a cassette cog onto the splines, and then thread a fixed-gear cog on after. No lockring, but I'm on record as eschewing them, anyway.
Pictures are here: http://www.biketinker.com/2011/projects/sturmey-s3x-arrives/ And here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipwilliamson/sets/72157626185543293/ Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Mar 19, 9:49 am, ekoral <eko...@gmail.com> wrote: > sounds awesome! i'm very curious about these hubs and how much they'll > actually hold up over time with the torque thats put on a fixed gear > drivetrain. let us know how you like it, and how it feels in > comparison to a traditional fixed hub. > > eli > > On Mar 18, 1:39 pm, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I'm excited to build this up for the Quickbeam. > > > It's red, which I don't love, but it was the only color 120mm 32h hubs > > come in. The real answer was to buy a 36h rim and spokes, and a black > > S3X, but... I just got a pair of $15 rims and $16 spoke set from IRO > > which allowed me to swing the $120 hub. > > I may paint the hub black before I build it, in order to make it > > completely unsellable... :^) > > > It also has a thumbshifter, not a bar-end shifter, but I intend to > > mount the shifter-part to the seatstay, anyway. > > > Philip > > > Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com -- 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-bunch@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.
