Bobby you are too kind, thank you! Bob thanks alot, the Automatix hub is pretty cool if you are looking for simplicity, 1 gear won't cut it and you aren't afraid of a bit of weight. I didn't weigh it on its own but I did drop the hub the first time i went to pick it up (pre wheel build) when I was surprised by the weight. You feel the downshift very clearly if you get up to rhythm on a flat or downhill and you start to 'spin', I don't remember what the ratio's are but it does add back some resistance and I think it'll cruise up to 12-14mph w/out spinning out. (I'm sure you can look that up). In my test rides I never felt the upshift maybe because it only did that when I came to a complete stop...? I'm not sure. My mom commented that she thought the shifting should make pedaling easier not harder.... I explained about the spinning out and that the hub was now giving her more power per rotation.
The inclusion of the coaster brake did it for me b/c I really didn't want to run a cable even for a drum brake let alone try and find a powerful, long reach brake for this frame. The finish is nice, the packaging was good and it built up quite easily from a wheel building perspective. Just don't discount the weight the first time you heft it! Tony On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Bob E <reeh...@gmail.com> wrote: > That looks really great, Tony; nice job! > > I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the Automatix hub. > > Bob E > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/1SZJS5fWUQU/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
