I found that I preferred the feel of fixed gear riding on the Quickbeam. The S-A hub works quite nicely, and it would be a boon for touring or for riders who don't like to push quite so hard to get over the hills.
--Eric [email protected] www.campyonly.com www.wheelsnorth.org On Nov 21, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Will M wrote: > I know there have been a number of successful Quickbeam internally- > geared hub conversions discussed on this list. The one that inspired > me most is by Eric Norris (post = http://bit.ly/9gyfnB; pics = > http://www.flickr.com/photos/35176...@n03/4225472677 ). > > But Eric switched back to singlespeed and sold the Sturmey-Archer. > (post = http://bit.ly/9amjYM) Wonder why. > > > > On Nov 21, 10:50 am, "Thomas Lynn Skean" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi, all! >> >> Does anyone have any experience with the sorta new Sturmey-Archer duomatic >> hub? If so... Are they of reasonable quality (as opposed to being a novelty >> or a fashion-gimmick or something intended for a department-store bike)? If >> you have no experience but would venture an opinion, would you *expect* them >> to be of reasonable quality? (I know nothing about the modern Sturmey-Archer >> company or about low-gear-count IGHs at all.) >> >> Could you imagine one on a Quickbeam/SimpleOne? >> >> I like the idea of a singlespeed bike. But I expect that with my weight >> (~240ish) and given that I have already flirted with slight knee pain, >> riding a singlespeed bike very much would not be my favorite thing (or the >> smartest thing) to do. Over time, I expect that launches would challenge my >> knees with any gearing that I could contemplate cruising in. I understand >> that the SimpleOne is designed to be more than just a singlespeed. But I >> know me; I really can't see me hopping off the bike and moving the rear >> wheel whenever I needed to exploit that fact. >> >> However, I've done some gearing arithmetic and have concluded that I might >> be happy with the two-speed duomatic hub. I could imagine launching in "low" >> (somewhat carefully) and then cruising in "high" (somewhat spinningly). But >> the "carefully" and "Spinningly" parts would be generally "good things to >> do" sometimes anyway. And, though I am in now way tired of biking the way I >> do now, I am on the lookout for ways to "mix it up" so as to keep riding as >> long as possible (think numbers of years, not distance per ride). I'm >> thinking the duomatic might even prove a "gateway hub" to actual singlespeed >> riding (theory being that if I keep riding in general, and sometimes a >> two-speed in particular, I'll continue to get healthier and become less >> vulnerable to knee pain as a result). I'm not remotely considering doing >> away with multi-speed riding (why would I leave my home in Hillborne >> heaven?). >> >> I've had uniformly bad experiences with multi-speed IGHs in the past (7- and >> 8-speed Shimanos of 5+ years ago). But I'm open to the idea that, with the >> duomatic being a two-speed and with IGHs having perhaps improved as they've >> become more popular in the mainstream since then, it might not give me >> problems like those hubs of yore. >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> Yours, >> Thomas Lynn Skean >> P.S. >> One possibility I'm considering is a completely cable-less SimpleOne with >> the coaster-brake version of the duomatic. That's the way I often rode bikes >> growing up; one rear brake, one rear gear. Though there'd be complexity >> hidden in the hub, the rest of the bike would be as simple as it gets. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" 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/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" 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/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
