I am also waiting for the new crankset (but I also want the option of two rings) and I really llike Nexus 7 hubs. I tend to find them on dumpsterbikes and there is no way I`ll find one with drum brake around here. I need to look into rebuilding a coasterbrake one to a narrower "drumbrake -minus drumbrake Nexus7". Hmmm. Back to thinking and planning..