Originally Posted by
northernlights
the only thing worse than the noise is the weight of this hub. feels like pedaling with a lead weight attached to your wheel. and the gearing is too high. gears 5 thru 8 are practically useless. it desperately needs a lower gear range.
Here's the way mine is set up, using Sturmey's FCS80 crank that was developed to go with the hub. It's geared 31-100 gear inches, in a very similar pattern and range to the millions of '10 speed' bikes sold during the 1960s and 70s. The weight of the various versions (actual, not advertised) is within pocket change one way or the other of Shimano's eight-speed hubs.
