New Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14 A12

[NZPeterG]

Rohloff have come out with a new Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14 A12 Hub
More details to come

http://www.rohloff.de/en/news/news_in_detail/news/detail/News/product-news-2016-eurobike-2015/index.html

Kiwi Pete

[Andybg]

Thanks for that Pete

The most interesting development for me seems to be the conversion to use standard splined cogs. Not only does it make cog replacement far easier but it means I can easily buy replacements

Andy

[Andre Jute]

Considering how long a Rohloff sprocket lasts, I'm not sure the ability to use splined sprockets is all that earth-shaking, Andy. Also it seems to me that the adaptor itself is a point of possible weakness and accelerated wear, and one has to wonder about whether it moves the chainline out further still, which most will consider undesirable.

Though I can see that our Ambassadors to the 'Stans like Matt will welcome the news: it could be rough sitting in the mud or the dust with your Rohloff sprocket tool and wondering where you will find an umpteen-millimetre open spanner to turn it. (It fits a Whitworth 3/4in spanner about half mile long and no heavier than a lead-tube bike, left over from the days when I turned old Bentleys into sports cars a la James Bond. Bet there are plenty of those in the 'Stans!)

[Danneaux]

I suppose we'll find out in the Fullness of Time, but it might still be an Awfully Good Idea to occasionally pull the adapter and put some new anti-seize on the threads to prevent galling to the hub threads.

At present, it looks a tremendously convenient upgrade for longer tours, and I am hoping the replacement adapter will be available separately at a reasonable price, as are the new-style "wave" shifter covers. Slotted cogs should be less expensive, as they will no longer require the four-start threading.

Happy days.

Sharp eyes, Pete; thanks!

Best,

Dan.

[onmybike]

As someone who wasted a day bussing around in southern india searching for a bike shop that had, firstly a long enough chain whip, and secondly a strong enough mechanic, I'll be upgrading to this as soon as it's available. The threaded cogs on current Rohloffs have always been the system's only bugbear for me.

[NZPeterG]

More about new hub set up....

But check out the new shifter at the bottom of the page 



http://singletrackworld.com/2015/08/eurobike-2015-rohloff-hubs-trigger-shifting-fat-mtb-and-e/

Kiwi Pete