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Old 09-18-12 | 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by John E
If I ever try fixed gear again (tried it once, almost 40 years ago, didn't like it), it will be with the newly reissued 3-speed Sturmey Archer hub.
Originally Posted by Ramona_W
Seriously? They've done this?
Yes. I have one of the new 3-speed fixed gear hubs (S3X) on my winter/bad weather bike. It's not a re-issue of the old ASC 3-speed fixed gear hub from the 1940s, but a new design. The gearing is much wider (0.625, 0.75, 1.0) on the S3X vs 0.75, 0.90, 1.0 on the old ASC hub, and the S3X uses a 3-planet transmission for better load balancing than the 4-planet ASC transmission.
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