I found the same thing. My Sachs Automatic (same gear spread as the S- A kickback hub) is just less groovy-feeling than riding fixed.
Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Nov 21, 3:33 pm, Eric Norris <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > > 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 > > athttp://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.
