Rohloff!!!
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I've been fascinated by these, too.... my bike-nerd fantasy is to have a Rohloff rear coupled with a Schlumpf planetary crank.... I'm more likely to actually make it happen with a patterson crank and a Nuvinci rear....... but yeah, let's see some Rohloffs!
The nuvinci is cool too and who could not like the little bike dude on the shifter going up a hill?! hahaha...I've read they are fairly draggy, but at 1/3 the cost of a rohloff they sound pretty tempting!
One of my custom bike buddies down in Fla has a Rohloff 14 speed. He's out at OBC right now and doesn't have a pic. But he sent this chart and said.
"There are a bunch of options too as far as axles, shifting, braking, and mounting. This is a pretty helpful visual diagram though..."
That is stunningly awesome man! Love it. Did ya weld on the caliper mounts yourself? How'd ya go about that? I gotta 35 colson frame the other day and was thinkin it would head in that direction...
The silver belt drive disk combo above is pretty nice eh? I wouldn't run planetary hubs in the dirt with the lack of braking power and robustness, especially older ones, but a Rohoff-style, disc setup tempts me. Eventually, we could see a planetary hub for the masses. I see the shifter cable to the silver one above on the left side below the caliper...Nice..Love expensive bike parts!
Rohloff is no longer the only IGH for the trails; the N360 is trail-approved by the manufacturer and, like many other modern IGHs, it takes a disc. A lot of guys on mtbr are running various Alfies with discs in the dirt, often with ratios FAR lower than what Shimano recommends as "legal"; seems like the 8 is still far more reliable than the 11. I'm kinda tempted to build a Surly 1x1 with one of these on it:
Love expensive bike parts!
They're extra cool with the Gates carbon belt drive.
I, too, love expensive bike parts.... well, most of'm; there are exceptions........
........such as the Gates carbon belt drive. I cannot overlook all of their major disadvantages, and i scarcely see any real benefits. I happen to like chain lube.
....interesting look tho.
Especially not in the dirt or mud (belt) Hmmmmm.....the roller chains on my bikes don't make noise at all if properly maintained & mated to clean chainrings. Maybe try this..
This is exactly why you don't see the belt drivetrains. To be competitive, they may have to be completely sealed from the elements.
