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Community => Rohloff Internal Hub Gears => Topic started by: benstevens on October 20, 2011, 11:25:05 AM

Title: Converting non disc Rohloff
Post by: benstevens on October 20, 2011, 11:25:05 AM

We have recently bought a 2nd hand Thorn Raven Adventure tandem with a Rohloff hub.  This is absolutely brilliant, but the Rohloff is a non-disc brake version.  Has anyone had any experience of returning the hub to Rohloff to get a disc compatible housing on it, what did it cost, did the wheel need disassembling and how long did it take?

Title: Re: Converting non disc Rohloff
Post by: rualexander on October 20, 2011, 01:44:09 PM

This is a fairly straightforward conversion as far as I know.
The wheel shouldn't need dismantling and rebuilding, and I would suggest the easiest route would be to send your wheel to St John St Cycles rather than to Germany. Phone them up and ask them for a quote for the job, I doubt if it will be very expensive.
All they need to do is drain the oil, remove the gear change mech (internal or external)and seal, and the current end-cap and seal, fit a new seal and the disc compatible end-cap, refit the gear change mech, and refill with oil, probably less than an hour's work.
You could probably do it yourself if you can get the hub end-cap somewhere.
I don't know how much the hub end-cap will cost though.