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Community => Rohloff Internal Hub Gears => Topic started by: riptoff on October 07, 2006, 04:47:37 PM

Title: future rohloff?
Post by: riptoff on October 07, 2006, 04:47:37 PM
Thr late FJ Camm, editor of Practical Mechanics/Wireless/ Television, brother of Sydney Camm who designed the Hurricane WW2 fighter was a keen cyclist and suggested that the best place for gears was the bottom bracket. How about a Rohloff system in the B/b?
Advantages would be many- weight centralised, short cable run inside tubing, simple chaincase or shaft drive, possible coaster brake incorporated, easy lube down seat tube, and I am sure many others.
Title: Re: future rohloff?
Post by: Andrew on October 09, 2006, 06:07:02 AM
quote:
Originally posted by riptoff

Thr late FJ Camm, editor of Practical Mechanics/Wireless/ Television, brother of Sydney Camm who designed the Hurricane WW2 fighter was a keen cyclist and suggested that the best place for gears was the bottom bracket. How about a Rohloff system in the B/b?
Advantages would be many- weight centralised, short cable run inside tubing, simple chaincase or shaft drive, possible coaster brake incorporated, easy lube down seat tube, and I am sure many others.


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