Hello, after an absence of a few years, while my Rohloff has been in another frame, it may be returning to a Thorn, (Namely the Mercury, which is where it would have gone if it'd been available then), which brings me back here -
Anyway - it's the wrong model for a Mercury, so the question - Has anyone converted a hub from an internal gear change to external? And to being disk brake compatible from not?
I see you can buy the external kit for £130, and there's a vid which makes it seem simple. What about the disk conversion which has to be done by Rohloff? Which order would they need doing in? Would I need to convert the gear changer before sending it off? Would Rohloff do the lot in one go, and would that cost more?
I'm trying to work out at what point it makes more sense to just buy another hub, or choose a different frame that takes V brakes at the back.
Yes I know I could just ring Thorn and they'd have all the answers, but I don't want to get trigger happy with the bank card before I'd thought it all through... which has been known
Thanks
Paul