Thread: S3X is for real and in at last
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Old 11-16-09 | 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ottothecow
based on my personal use of a 3 speed hub, I would say set 2nd as "normal"

3rd is for when you are really hauling and 1st is for when you are carrying a lot of stuff.

Ideally that means that you spend most of your time in 1:1 mode which I would assume puts the least wear on the hub
I may be remembering this wrong, but I seem to recall reading that 3rd gear is the 1:1 gear on this hub. On most three-speeds, that happens in 2nd gear.
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