Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Hebie is a German Made Chain cover 'chainglider'. in low friction plastic
part A 38 or 42 t , part B Rohloff or Shimano , hub.. mix and match.
Your Bicycle dealer should be able to add /change components, though
all you wishes may not be fulfilled as it comes out of the shipping carton..
they may give you a trade in value for the stock wheel, to apply to wards the Dynamo wheel you wish for.
Shimano's hubs get used to build up many replacement wheels.
German, Schmidt's Dyno hubs are the top of the heap.
brands have dealer territories, so big cities would handle more brands close in
more rural, the brand in one town covers the county, another town in the area may not carry it.
The front hub on the Torker Graduate is an S-A drum brake, I would recommend replacing it with a S-A dyno drum, preferably the XL-FDD which is the 90mm drum/dyno hub combination. If you go with anything else you will need to add a front brake to the list of things to add. FWIW I have built up two city bikes using the S-A stuff and have been happy with the results so far.
I just checked the Torker website...they have 2 different Graduates listed and the specs list is mixed.... not sure what you are looking at now...
Aaron
