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01-14-2005, 10:52 AM

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:40:14 +0000, Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:

> However, it must be said that dreadful
> friction shifting doesn't get a whole lot more dreadful when you can barely
> see that a chain is composed of individual links.

LOL, been there. It's even more fun when the thumbscrews loosen on a long
miserable climb autoshifting you to an inappropriate gear.

Have you ever built up a racy internal hub wheel at the shop? I know that
a Nexus 7 is quite a heavy thing (the new 8 is lighter) and a
sturmey-archer is perhaps a bit too retro, but an old steel racer with the
dropouts respaced fitted with such gearing and fenders could make quite
the winter bike. The hub would add a couple pounds, but probably effective
ones.

01-14-2005, 10:52 AM	#105 (permalink)
maxo Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Metal flake in brake pad... On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:40:14 +0000, Mike Jacoubowsky wrote: > However, it must be said that dreadful > friction shifting doesn't get a whole lot more dreadful when you can barely > see that a chain is composed of individual links. LOL, been there. It's even more fun when the thumbscrews loosen on a long miserable climb autoshifting you to an inappropriate gear. Have you ever built up a racy internal hub wheel at the shop? I know that a Nexus 7 is quite a heavy thing (the new 8 is lighter) and a sturmey-archer is perhaps a bit too retro, but an old steel racer with the dropouts respaced fitted with such gearing and fenders could make quite the winter bike. The hub would add a couple pounds, but probably effective ones.