Used but good ASC hub for $139 shipped from England, with usable shifter

[Patrick Moore]

I know that this list could not care less about hub gears, but I'm chuffed, as they say. I got a  used but still vg (per the seller with high rating; must disassemble and see for myself; has 50 or 60 years of dried lubricant inside) Holy Grail of hub gears, a 1950 ASC, missing proprietary shifter, but with the sole other SA shifter that can be modified (and may have been modified already; have question in to seller) for the peculiar cable pull required by this hub.

It is a backup/eventual parts donor for the NOS one currently in use in the Matthews Riv Road errand clone that was modified by Aaron in Seattle with a modern, 32-hole aluminum shell (with properly modern thick flanges!) and threaded driver (instead of proprietary 12-spline driver for very rare 1/8" proprietary SA cogs) for either Surly fixed cog (currently 17 t 3/32") or ss freewheel. I've been riding this hub instead of the earlier AM because it has better ratios: direct/high/3rd, 90%/underdrive/2nd, and 75%/underdrive/1st, for 72"/65"/54" instead of the AM's freewheel 75"/115% overdrive/third, 65" direct/second, and 56" 86.54%/underdrive/first. The 3rd-2nd gap is better on the ASC.

And it's all silver! With aluminum shell.

Just made a short but very pleasant detoured grocery run, carrying home 39 lb in front and rear Ortlieb roll-tops.

I know you don't care, but I do and I had to crow.

Over and out.

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Patrick Moore

Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum

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[Ian A]

1) Thank you for the correct use of "could not care less", instead of the incorrect "could care less".

2) We are still awaiting closure, from the original thread about this exact hub, whether it is the genuine article.

3) Wil this hub be rebuilt and reconditioned and if so, who will do rebuild?

4) Pictures or it didn't happen (even if it did).

IanA Alberta Canada 

[Patrick Moore]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 3:11 PM Ian A <atte...@gmail.com> wrote:

1) Thank you for the correct use of "could not care less", instead of the incorrect "could care less".

I confess that I caught myself using the wrong phrase, but catch it I did.

 

2) We are still awaiting closure, from the original thread about this exact hub, whether it is the genuine article.

It is genuine; at least, this is the genuine shell, driver, and cog and indicator spindle. Might have AW innards, but again seller has vg rating.

 

3) Wil this hub be rebuilt and reconditioned and if so, who will do rebuild?

Right now it is meant as a backup to the NOS ASC in use on the Matthews Riv clone. 

I plan to open it up and clean and re-assemble, after practicing on a donated AW hub and on my long-unused S3X hub. By that time it might be too late to catch a crook, but I think I'll chance it. I've got until the end of May to send it to Seattle to get Aaron's review.

 

4) Pictures or it didn't happen (even if it did).

Attached, with a photo of the NDS and DS of the NOS one currently in use. 

[Patrick Moore]

And sorry for the upside-down shell; trigger is rightside-up.

[Nick A.]

Hiya Patrick,

As someone who lives and rides in the wet and crowded Mid-Atlantic, I'm always interested to see what someone in the high desert gets excited about. IGH, tubeless, it goes on. Happy that you're sharing. It's why I'm here.

Best

Nick "tubes and sometimes fenders" in FC VA