I use Sturmey-Archer's S3X hub, which has a reasonably wide range, coupled with a spin-on singlespeed freewheel to allow coasting. The top gear (3rd) is direct drive (the most efficient on any IGH), and the bottom gear (1st) is about 60% of top. With a 72-inch top gear, that puts the lowest gear at about 43 inches, which is low enough for me for all but the steepest pitches.
--Eric N www.CampyOnly.com CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy > On Dec 28, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > >> On 12/28/2015 02:19 PM, Eric Norris wrote: >> I've done a lot of riding on 3-speed equipped bikes, including my venerable >> (first gen) Quickbeam, which I converted from a fixed gear several years >> ago. Only very seldom have I had to resort to the 24-inch gear (two feet). >> >> Remember that, back in the day, bikes with 3-speed IGHs were much more >> common, and were used for the same type of riding that we now do with >> 21-speed bicycles. There's much to said for the simplicity of a 3-speed bike. > > Much to be said about the inadequate low gear offered by a 25% reduction and > the monstrous, enormous step up to a high gear that is 33% higher, too. Some > of the 4 speed Sturmeys offered a much better selection of gears, in my > opinion. > > > > > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
