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Originally Posted by cs1
If you go just 8 sp, you also loose the ft der. I would venture to say the increased weight of the hub is offset by the decrease of parts. Tim
14 speeds!

Here is a entry I made to the Tandem list comparing weight of the hub. at least on tandems.

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"We were speaking of the Weight of a Rohloff internally geared hub on another thread and it got me interested exactly what the difference was so I calculated it.

I went to weightweenies.com for the numbers.

I compared hub, cassette, front/rear mech, shifter/brake levers and cranks

1. First example is shimano XT/ultegra with a rear disk option,

2581 grms or 5.69lbs

2. All dura ace, hugi hub, non disk

2243grm or 4.94 lbs

3. Rohloff disk version, lightweight double crank, and cane creek brake levers, includes shifter

2681 grm or 5.91lbs"


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It gives a rough idea.

Dave Bohm
Bohemian Bicycles
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