Patrick: Yes, it's an old Bendix coaster hub that fellow RBWOB member and friend John Sharpe is modifying at a hidden location somewhere deep in the hills of Eastern PA... You may have seen pics of his Quickbeam with this setup... it's way cool. Interested in hearing YOUR impressions of the S3X... reviews have been mixed. Having already trashed the planetary internals of one (Sunrace) Sturmey-Archer 8-speed hub *(pedalling a converted Klunker Schwinn Excelsior up the trails in Calistoga, CA*), I'm skeptical whether they're heavy duty enough to handle the stresses imposed by a fixie rider.
Not to get too far off-topic, I'm a big fan of the SRAM-Spectro hubs... I've built up a few P5 and S7 wheels, and I've been looking for the so-called "Cargo P5" hub forever (which supposedly has super-duty internals)... about as easy to find as Bigfoot... The old Bendix hubs strike me as the kind of hub that the P5 Cargo was trying to emulate.... It' is a BEAST... yes it's heavy, but it's heavy duty. The riser stem... funny, I grabbed this out of the parts box because I didn't have a tall gooseneck stem... but so far I kinda like it... maybe I'll keep it as-is. BB On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 9:24:09 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Bobby: what is the 2 speed hub? Converted Bendix? What is the source? > > I've just asked Stevie to lace a S3X into a 650C ME14A rim for my '99 > gofast. > > I must say I prefer your method of getting the bar up high -- looks better > than a very tall gooseneck, IMO. > > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 7:19 AM, Montclair BobbyB <montcla...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Been saying that all along, but it's such a versatile bike, it just begs >> to be changed up and reconfigured from time to time. This is my latest >> remix: Added rando bars, Guidonnet levers, canti brakes (I WAS running >> V-brakes), and switched to fixie mode. Will be adding a 2-speed fixie hub >> soon... I also did something impulsive... I swapped front racks, adding a >> basic Blackburn silver rack that I rattle-canned brown, then finished with >> a coat of shellac... I've actually gotten a few compliments on the rack >> color, so maybe I'm onto something... Earl Scheib might be proud (or >> horrified)....BB >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GmVKj6vVz8I/VVs4B-uoCHI/AAAAAAAAFA0/ypv9DviXOEE/s1600/FullSizeRender%2B%25287%2529.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3lo5hNXnkNE/VVs4FENTrPI/AAAAAAAAFA8/SjT_T39Ex9c/s1600/FullSizeRender%2B%25288%2529.jpg> >> >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > > ************************************* > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle > > *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante > -- 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.
