Shimano Nexus Hub conversion?
04-28-04, 12:37 AM
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Shimano Nexus Hub conversion?
I was browsing eBay and came acrossed the folowing item:
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMESSE%3AIT
It got the wheels turning and I got to thinking it might be a good conversion for an older road bike frame I have, sort of like a Sturmey Archer three speed with 4 extra gears and no chain or derailleur to clean and lube.
The frame is a '76 Raleigh Super Course that is just that, a frame and fork and in bad need of a repaint so it's not a canidate for restoration or anything, and I have just about everything else here to build it up this way.
I figured I'd post the idea here to get some other opinions?
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMESSE%3AIT
It got the wheels turning and I got to thinking it might be a good conversion for an older road bike frame I have, sort of like a Sturmey Archer three speed with 4 extra gears and no chain or derailleur to clean and lube.
The frame is a '76 Raleigh Super Course that is just that, a frame and fork and in bad need of a repaint so it's not a canidate for restoration or anything, and I have just about everything else here to build it up this way.
I figured I'd post the idea here to get some other opinions?
04-28-04, 03:19 AM
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Originally Posted by vintagebicycle
It got the wheels turning and I got to thinking it might be a good conversion for an older road bike frame I have, sort of like a Sturmey Archer three speed with 4 extra gears and no chain or derailleur to clean and lube.
You'll still have to clean and lube the chain, just won't have the derailleurs to mess around with.
