Brilliant. Thanks for the update. Barring a pedal strike, I would expect the S3X to handle those mounds.
I agree with you on the cable stretch - on the Oregon Manifest challenge (77 miles of mixed terrain with steepness), Chris Igleheart lost a gear on his S3X, but it turned out to be a shifter problem, and easily fixed. The bike: http://bikesareborn.blogspot.com/2010/02/nahbs-2010-sturmey-archer-s3x.html After riding my S3X for a few weeks, I find it a lot easier to shift (my shifter is inconveniently located), and the lash (almost) doesn't bother me. It's 90% of what a fixed gear should be, and 300% of what a fixed gear usually is. Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On May 9, 6:56 pm, Reed Kennedy <atinyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > How did it break? Well, I did some things with it that I arguably should not > have:http://www.flickr.com/photos/edrabbit/5682255789/in/faves-sofauxboho/ > Which lead to > problems:http://www.flickr.com/photos/edrabbit/5682260605/in/set-7215762651112... > > While resist-pedaling on the downslope of one of those mounds my S3X low > gear (a 43 or so incher) let go. A couple miles later my middle gear gave up > as well, leaving me with only top. > > The shop I bought it from said that one should be able to skid the rear > wheel on that hub and replaced it with an entirely new hand-built wheel. > > It seems either the original hub was bad, it was adjusted wrong, or the > cable stretched and it went out of adjustment. My money is on that last one. > > So far the new one has about 40 miles on it and it has behaved well so far, > though I'll admit I'm rather babying at the moment. > > Just remember that the rougher you're going the more certain you have to be > that your hub is adjusted perfectly. > > Oh, and remember these things have significant drive train lash. If you buy > one without knowing that you'll likely be disappointed. > > But I like mine! > > Reed > > On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Philip Williamson < > > philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Reed, how did your S3X break? I was just looking at doing some > > silly things to mine, which got me wondering if there was a gear that > > would be too low for the internals. > > > Philip > > > Philip Williamson > >www.biketinker.com > > > On May 7, 2:59 pm, Reed Kennedy <atinyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > After breaking my first Sturmey S3X three speed fix hub I was super > > excited > > > by the prospect of replacing it with a S2c duomatic kick shift hub. I > > went > > > out to Mission Bicycles here in San Francisco where they even had a > > > S2-hubed-bike (the one without the coaster brake) in stock. > > > > They were happy to let me try it out, but they warned it was not the most > > > user friendly of things. Hard to shift, and hard to know if you shifted, > > > they said. > > > > Pah! I said. I'm sure an old hand like myself will have no troubles! And > > off > > > I went. > > > > Indeed, by the time I got back (a couple miles later) I could shift > > reliably > > > 50-75% of the time. I was feeling quite accomplished. > > > > Then I thought: How much do I really want a heavy, inefficient, difficult > > to > > > operate, potentially fragile hub that only gives a 38% range? > > > > No Duomatics for me, thanks. I'll stick with either a true single speed > > or a > > > bigger range, like a Sturmey 5 or a Alfine 8. > > > > (Or, if you are looking for something silly, a S3X. My second one now has > > 30 > > > miles on it and is doing fine so far.) > > > > Best, > > > Reed > > > > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:12 PM, jandrews_nyc <jasonaschwa...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Anyone planning to go new or n.o.s. 2 speed kickback hub on their new > > > > Simpleone? > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > . > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > > 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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > 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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
