Ok, have any of you seen this design? http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=tech/2008/features/truvativ_hammerschmidti08
Picture this with an internal hub on the back of a touring bike? There wouldn't be a need for deraileurs and therefore no chain tensioning. (you'd need horizontal drop outs of course). heck would you even need a chain, can you go with that belt design that I've seen out there? No more cleaning and lubing a chain!!! No worry about snow / ice, road grim, etc? Am I dreaming or is this a real possibility? Or do you already have enough ratios with a Rolhoff? What about with a Nexus or Alfine internal hub? Does it get you closer to the rolhoff for less dollars? I have yet to sit down and put the numbers into excel and figure out the ratios, but it the front is a 22 and you get a 1 - 1.6 that gives you an effective 35 front. Go a little larger like start with a 30 and you have a 48 / 30. Now I've got to see what the effective ratios are for internal hubs (rolhoff and alfine?) There may be too far of a spread. If those gears are quite close (ie. 15, 16, 17, 18 rear cassette one tooth spacing) then this starts to make sense. If the ratios are large then it doesn't because you don't get anywhere. What else am I missing? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" 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/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
