Originally Posted by
not_jason
Right now I'm sort of leaning towards a 3 speed...
Coming from a 30-speed derailleur drivetrain, three-speeds can be miserable. Coming from a single speed bike, three-speeds are
useful and wonderful little mechanisms.
One nice thing about
Sturmey-Archer three speeds is the large number of factory shifters they offer: two kinds of twist shifters, two kinds of trigger shifters, a thumb shifter, a bar end shifter, a downtube shifter, a 'stick shift' shifter and a dual paddle shifter.