Originally Posted by
rutibegga
Ha! Trust me, this is not my only bike. I've got an ever-growing stable of bikes.
I'll have to look into cost on the Rohloff hubs. I've heard people sing their praises, but I don't want this project balloon in cost to the point of being unmanageable.
They seem to have had lobster prices over the years, changing from year to year up and down. Do look into getting one directly from Europe if you're looking to minimize costs. Still expensive, but...starbike.com in Germany, where I got mine, can be as much as $300 cheaper than getting one in the US, especially since a US customer doesn't have to pay VAT taxes, if I remember correctly. (When I bought mine, it was as much as $500 difference on some sites.) Also consider buying the Rohloff oil in the liter sizes. At any rate, be sure to look around before pulling the proverbial trigger.