Originally Posted by
invisiblehand
Indeed. But if you're looking for significantly more than a 300% gear range, what other options do you have?
The Curve… with an Alfine 11 and its 409% gear range.
Originally Posted by
invisiblehand
If you have a Brompton with 6 speeds, you could modify it with different cogs to make the gear range larger for a relatively small sum.
Like I said above, I already have a six-speed Brompton (and a 50/34 double chainring): I was looking for a cheaper alternative for someone to whom €1,500 was a bit steep.
Originally Posted by
HGR3inOK
Also, FWIW, the serial number on my Curve begins with D204. The rear hub is a SRAM iMotion 3, and the rear dropout spacing is 130mm.
That's yet another version of the D3: Over here, the OLD is 120mm and it comes with a three-speed Sturmey-Archer S-RF3 IGH.
Let's hope Dahon gets it acts together, and fixes the Curl in 2016:
