8 speed nexus internal gear hub
starfishboy
hub gearing on their bike? I have read great things about them. Very
popular in Europe, but I dont see many on bikes today.
Any experience or comments are appreciated. Thanks, Starfishboy
carne...@bellsouth.net
wheel set from Harris Cyclery with the Nexus 7-speed hub.
Unfortunately, the owner rides the bike very little. Every month or so,
I jack the seat up and take it for a ride to be sure everything is is in
working order. That translates into about 200 miles over 3 years. That
said, it has never missed a shift and has required no adjustment since
installation. It is smooth and quiet and with 38 teeth front, 20 rear
gives a very workable gear range. The specifics of gearing are
available on Sheldon Brown's website. If I recall correctly, the 8-speed
has better bearings, etc.
David
Tim Smith
I converted my Quickbeam to 8-speed using the 8-speed version of the
Nexus (Red label). It worked very nicely, shifting was smooth and
reliable. See
http://www.velocio.com/Bikes/QBRivendell
for some pictures and a brief write-up.
I have since converted the QB back to a single-speed, and sold the
Nexus hub/wheel. I liked it well enough, but I like the QB better as
a single-speed, and I have another hub-geared bike. These make great
hubs for a city/commuter bike.
This is what the gearing looked like with the two chain wheels of the QB:
Gear Inches
Gear# Int.Ratio 40 32
8 1.615 83 78
7 1.419 73 68
6 1.223 63 59
5 1.000 51 48
4 0.851 44 41
3 0.748 38 36
2 0.644 33 31
1 0.527 27 25
CycloFiend
There are a number of folks on the iBob list who have built and/or use bikes
using the Nexus hubs. 8 speed is regarded as a big step up from the 7
speeds, in terms of quality. I'd check out the bikelist.org iBob archives,
and hit Sheldon's site for more specific info.
hope that helps,
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David Estes
>
> on 11/20/07 3:47 AM, starfishboy at mcl...@earthlink.net wrote:
> > Has anyone had any experience using the 7 or 8 speed nexus internal
> > hub gearing on their bike? I have read great things about them. Very
> > popular in Europe, but I dont see many on bikes today.
> > Any experience or comments are appreciated. Thanks, Starfishboy
>
> There are a number of folks on the iBob list who have built and/or use bikes
> using the Nexus hubs. 8 speed is regarded as a big step up from the 7
> speeds, in terms of quality. I'd check out the bikelist.org iBob archives,
> and hit Sheldon's site for more specific info.
>
> http://search.bikelist.org
>
> http://sheldonbrown.com/nexus
>
> hope that helps,
>
> -- Jim
>
>
>
>
Here's a site dedicated to them: http://hubstripping.wordpress.com/
They like the ratios of the Nexus Seven better than those of the
Eight, but the Eight is a better build if I could summarize from my
recollection.
--
Cheers,
David
Redlands, CA
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starfishboy
a surprise how they feel about the new 8-speed nexus....your'e right,
they say they prefer the 7-speed, which is too bad......I wish I could
afford the rholoff..but at 1400.00 dead presidents.....ouch!
thanks again!
On Nov 20, 11:00 am, "David Estes" <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 20, 2007 6:24 AM, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> - Show quoted text -
David Estes
>
> Hubstripping has Fabulous info......thanks!.....however it may come as
> a surprise how they feel about the new 8-speed nexus....your'e right,
> they say they prefer the 7-speed, which is too bad......I wish I could
> afford the rholoff..but at 1400.00 dead presidents.....ouch!
> thanks again!
>
>
>
Glad it was helpful! Really good resource. I've been thinking on and
off of building up a Nexus hub for my wife's Glorius. Wish they had
horizontal or at least semi-vertical drop-outs so I could avoid a
Singleator sort of a kludge.
Will
clean-looking installation for internal hub shifters on drop bars.
Sheldon Brown discusses options for the Rohloff 14-speed hub here:
www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/rohloff.html (see picture of Atlantis
installation at bottom). Picture of same hub on a Glorius mixte with
upright bars here: flickr.com/photos/reneeanddolan/259362085.
On Nov 20, 1:28 pm, "David Estes" <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: