[RBW] Re: New Sturmey S3X hub arrived yesterday!
I will do my best to break this hub. The most interesting thing so far, now that it's out of the plastic, is that you can slide a cassette cog onto the splines, and then thread a fixed-gear cog on after. No lockring, but I'm on record as eschewing them, anyway. Pictures are here: http://www.biketinker.com/2011/projects/sturmey-s3x-arrives/ And here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipwilliamson/sets/72157626185543293/ Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Mar 19, 9:49 am, ekoral eko...@gmail.com wrote: sounds awesome! i'm very curious about these hubs and how much they'll actually hold up over time with the torque thats put on a fixed gear drivetrain. let us know how you like it, and how it feels in comparison to a traditional fixed hub. eli On Mar 18, 1:39 pm, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I'm excited to build this up for the Quickbeam. It's red, which I don't love, but it was the only color 120mm 32h hubs come in. The real answer was to buy a 36h rim and spokes, and a black S3X, but... I just got a pair of $15 rims and $16 spoke set from IRO which allowed me to swing the $120 hub. I may paint the hub black before I build it, in order to make it completely unsellable... :^) It also has a thumbshifter, not a bar-end shifter, but I intend to mount the shifter-part to the seatstay, anyway. Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com -- 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.
[RBW] Re: New Sturmey S3X hub arrived yesterday!
Philip: Usually I stick strictly to silver, but in this case I personally dig the red... I'm glad you got your project going; that encourages me to get MY butt in gear to lace up my SA 2-speed... I just need to measure and order the dang spokes. 3 speed fixie... SICK! On Mar 18, 11:04 pm, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: Xmas year 'round - agh! Brain Nail! I did think I could use the last sad spraycan dregs of Quickbeam Green to paint it, but that's just weird. I'm already a little self- conscious about green fenders, mudflaps, saddle, stem, cable housing, bar tape and metal bottle. The top gear is 1:1, so a 40:15 gives you (me, w ~40mm tires) 46, 55, 73 gears. Of course, Sheldon Brown's gear calculator includes an internal hub setting for the S3X. I have a pretty good Quickbeam range with a 15t and 17/21 dingle cog on a flip-flop hub and two chainrings, and it's lighter, but this is just cool. I have to do it. Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com On Mar 18, 5:21 pm, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: red is the new black. You'll be living Xmas year 'round with that green QB. What are the equivalent cog teeth for these hubs? Do you think they are tuff-enuf for fireroad type stuff? Maybe, someday, I'll find a suitable frame ( preferably a 58 Quickbeam) and build up something to use this hub on. ~Mike On Mar 18, 1:39 pm, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I'm excited to build this up for the Quickbeam. It's red, which I don't love, but it was the only color 120mm 32h hubs come in. The real answer was to buy a 36h rim and spokes, and a black S3X, but... I just got a pair of $15 rims and $16 spoke set from IRO which allowed me to swing the $120 hub. I may paint the hub black before I build it, in order to make it completely unsellable... :^) It also has a thumbshifter, not a bar-end shifter, but I intend to mount the shifter-part to the seatstay, anyway. Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com -- 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.
[RBW] Re: New Sturmey S3X hub arrived yesterday!
sounds awesome! i'm very curious about these hubs and how much they'll actually hold up over time with the torque thats put on a fixed gear drivetrain. let us know how you like it, and how it feels in comparison to a traditional fixed hub. eli On Mar 18, 1:39 pm, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I'm excited to build this up for the Quickbeam. It's red, which I don't love, but it was the only color 120mm 32h hubs come in. The real answer was to buy a 36h rim and spokes, and a black S3X, but... I just got a pair of $15 rims and $16 spoke set from IRO which allowed me to swing the $120 hub. I may paint the hub black before I build it, in order to make it completely unsellable... :^) It also has a thumbshifter, not a bar-end shifter, but I intend to mount the shifter-part to the seatstay, anyway. Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com -- 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.
[RBW] Re: New Sturmey S3X hub arrived yesterday!
red is the new black. You'll be living Xmas year 'round with that green QB. What are the equivalent cog teeth for these hubs? Do you think they are tuff-enuf for fireroad type stuff? Maybe, someday, I'll find a suitable frame ( preferably a 58 Quickbeam) and build up something to use this hub on. ~Mike On Mar 18, 1:39 pm, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I'm excited to build this up for the Quickbeam. It's red, which I don't love, but it was the only color 120mm 32h hubs come in. The real answer was to buy a 36h rim and spokes, and a black S3X, but... I just got a pair of $15 rims and $16 spoke set from IRO which allowed me to swing the $120 hub. I may paint the hub black before I build it, in order to make it completely unsellable... :^) It also has a thumbshifter, not a bar-end shifter, but I intend to mount the shifter-part to the seatstay, anyway. Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com -- 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.
[RBW] Re: New Sturmey S3X hub arrived yesterday!
Xmas year 'round - agh! Brain Nail! I did think I could use the last sad spraycan dregs of Quickbeam Green to paint it, but that's just weird. I'm already a little self- conscious about green fenders, mudflaps, saddle, stem, cable housing, bar tape and metal bottle. The top gear is 1:1, so a 40:15 gives you (me, w ~40mm tires) 46, 55, 73 gears. Of course, Sheldon Brown's gear calculator includes an internal hub setting for the S3X. I have a pretty good Quickbeam range with a 15t and 17/21 dingle cog on a flip-flop hub and two chainrings, and it's lighter, but this is just cool. I have to do it. Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Mar 18, 5:21 pm, Michael_S mikeybi...@rocketmail.com wrote: red is the new black. You'll be living Xmas year 'round with that green QB. What are the equivalent cog teeth for these hubs? Do you think they are tuff-enuf for fireroad type stuff? Maybe, someday, I'll find a suitable frame ( preferably a 58 Quickbeam) and build up something to use this hub on. ~Mike On Mar 18, 1:39 pm, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I'm excited to build this up for the Quickbeam. It's red, which I don't love, but it was the only color 120mm 32h hubs come in. The real answer was to buy a 36h rim and spokes, and a black S3X, but... I just got a pair of $15 rims and $16 spoke set from IRO which allowed me to swing the $120 hub. I may paint the hub black before I build it, in order to make it completely unsellable... :^) It also has a thumbshifter, not a bar-end shifter, but I intend to mount the shifter-part to the seatstay, anyway. Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com -- 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.
