Hi, First, thanks to all who replied to my post and the questions I posed. A lot of help, but so far not all of the problems have been solved. I've played with the cable adjusters and the tension seems to be reduced somewhat. The manual says, "When winding the cable adjusters out, the cable tension is increased." This suggests that with the cable adjusters tightened all the way (in), the shifters should be easiest to turn. I don't think there's much I can do beyond this to make shifting easier; I guess I'll develop a right forearm like a tennis pro, which should allow me to spin some yarns.
As for the freewheeling, I've pretty much isolated the issue to a couple of gear shifts -- from 5th to 6th and 10th to 11th, and the equivalent downshifts. As others have noted, a slight pause and the shifting is pretty seamless. I would have hoped and expected that shifting would have been seamless between all gears with the possible exception of the oft noted 7th to 8th. Comments on this would be appreciated. With respect to the questions asked by those of you who replied. Here are some answers: 1. The Simpleone normally has a 120 mm rear drop out spacing. The Rohloff hub spacing is 135 mm. Respecting is relatively easy for a steel framed bicycle. My respecting was done by a custom frame builder. He also reset the dropouts to ensure they are parallel. 2. Some suggested that having the hub serviced might resolve the freewheeling issue. Unfortunately, it was serviced completely just before the build. Oh well. 3. Noise. Some respondents suggested that their hub is pretty much silent. I've found mine to be silent in the "upper register," gears 8-14. 7th gear is clearly the loudest and the other gears in the lower register also are accompanied with some friction-related noise. I'm not bothered but am curious whether a perfectly operating hub should be virtually silent in all gears when not shifting. Even with these issues, I find I falling for this bike. I find myself finding opportunities to ride it that I might have otherwise passed up. I also find I'm not want to take my AHH out as of yet. It may still be the newness or my continuing curiosity about this new machine. Still, I love the ride and the quirks. More to come with more experience with it. Steve Cole Arlington, VA 22203 On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 5:26:33 PM UTC-4, Steve Cole wrote: > > I'm looking for a rider who is experienced with the Rohloff hub to respond > to some questions I have. I recently converted a Simpleone to a Rohloff > and have been riding it for about a week, a couple of hundred miles. The > experience is different than I expected -- more challenging -- and I want > to see whether my experience is typical or uncommon. > > I would those who might help me to respond with a private message. I > don't want to clutter the discussion group postings. > > Thanks, > > Steve Cole > Arlington, VA > -- 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.
