Bike Friday Silk with Rohloff hub, Gates belt drive, and disk brakes. $2700.

[David Dillard]

Bike Friday Silk with Rohloff hub, Gates belt drive, and disk brakes. $2700. More pictures at this link:

Bike Friday Silk -- Red with Rohloff Speedhub and Gates Belt Drive | Flickr  

This is a Bike Friday Silk, painted red with Rohloff 500/14 Speedhub and Gates belt drive, size S/M which is the equivalent of a 54cm top tube. It's a bit small for me, but I'm enjoying it while my other Bike Friday is getting frame restoration, mods and a repaint.

Original owner bought it as his dream bike and paid over 5000 for it, which is at least what one of these would cost new. He rode it a little then began a decline into Alzheimer's, which kept him off the bike. The bike deserves to be ridden, as it has not seen significant use. I would bet that there are less than 500 miles on this bike if that. (That of course will change the longer I hang on to it.!)

The Rohloff hub has a 526% gear range, suitable for pulling out tree stumps and getting up the toughest hills, and alone is worth 1000 used, 1500 new. Gates system is pretty cool, no grease anywhere, folds up perfectly with out fussing with the chain. Disc brakes for easy, well-modulated stopping in all conditions.

Ultimate commuter bike. Will be shipped in a Bike Friday suitcase partially disassembled.

Just looking to get what I paid for it, which is $2700 + shipping via shipbikes.com in a Bike Friday suitcase. Or local pickup in Louisville, KY.

No saddle or pedals.

[David Dillard]

SOLD!

[MEON]

Greetings!

If one of you good people can tell me the brand and where I can buy
Inline Barrel Adjuster that came with NWT 2017, I'd be grateful.  It is 
Silver color about 25 mm long working w/ 4mm housing. I imagine it is
probably still the same one and was prior to that year as well.

Google is miserably failing me, and the few others that I have  I tried
( Jagwire, Shimano, etc.) just do not seem to work as well.

Thank you very much for your help.

ME

[Donald Vidger]

Sounds to me like the Jagwire barrel adjusters I have currently, or have had in the past.

Jagwire  CHA035  "titanium color"

[Squire Black]

I don't recall what brand mine were — I removed them because they let water into the cables, which then corroded.  Shifting became hard, and the adjusters  seized.   

In addition to Jagwire and SRAM, Amazon has these off-brand ones ("Dioche"): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KG42C3R/  A few other brands then show up in the related products.  

I imagine that whether or not these work depends more on how they are lubricated than on the brand.   Grease will attract dirt.  WD-40 will help keep water at bay, but eventually will gum up the cables.  I've seen recommendations for silicone spray — a regular dose might keep the adjusters adjusting and the cables sliding.

[kett...@mit.edu]

I have replaced the standard barrel adjusters by "indexed inline adjusters" or inline adjusters with a locknut.  Especially for the brakes, I felt that the usual barrel adjusters slowly crept and got misaligned, and the detent or locknut  prevents this.

[robert clark]

Brakes (Not Drop Bars) I use the one on the Lever 

 V brake drop bars there is an adjuster on the noodle..

never liked indexed front shifting , so I stuck with friction  levers  

  again shift levers not drop bar   they're on the lever

 thats why MTB RD Dont have any on the back end ..

Old bike mechanic..