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08-26-08, 02:30 PM
As of this morning I'm the proud owner of a new Pedicab -- seemed a good deal at $150:
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I plan to do a few upgrades on the thing then my GF is going to use it to make extra money at night, as we live 2.5 miles from Downtown Houston.
Anyway, I'm thinking drum brakes and multiple gears would be cool.
Gears: A Sturmey-Archer 3-speed internal hub seems like a good choice. But, I have a stupid question: where do you install the hub? The guy at my LBS said he thinks you install it on the rear axle somehow.
Brakes: Drum brakes are apparently a good way to go on this. The front brake is currently a clincher and it's less effective than putting my feet down. I suppose it would be simple enough to get rid of this entirely and put a drum on the front. But, the rear appears to be a "belt" that grabs onto the axle and works via friction. My question on the brakes is similar to the gears: where do you put the drum brake? It seems like putting it on one wheel only would be a bad idea...
Thanks for any help or links -- this is all Greek to me!
rs
http://images.craigslist.org/0102060104010103022008082589948333c250a354d300dd4b.jpg
http://images.craigslist.org/01041201031201160220080825cf7483d7033e34bb4e006428.jpg
I plan to do a few upgrades on the thing then my GF is going to use it to make extra money at night, as we live 2.5 miles from Downtown Houston.
Anyway, I'm thinking drum brakes and multiple gears would be cool.
Gears: A Sturmey-Archer 3-speed internal hub seems like a good choice. But, I have a stupid question: where do you install the hub? The guy at my LBS said he thinks you install it on the rear axle somehow.
Brakes: Drum brakes are apparently a good way to go on this. The front brake is currently a clincher and it's less effective than putting my feet down. I suppose it would be simple enough to get rid of this entirely and put a drum on the front. But, the rear appears to be a "belt" that grabs onto the axle and works via friction. My question on the brakes is similar to the gears: where do you put the drum brake? It seems like putting it on one wheel only would be a bad idea...
Thanks for any help or links -- this is all Greek to me!
rs