You often trumpet the Rohloff, Bob, but time and time again--here and elsewhere--you fail to mention the unmentionables. A Rohloff costs a good $1,200 and weighs no less than 1,700 grams. By comparison, a SDD hub costs $135, and weighs 960grams. Sure, when you add up the weight of a cogset and derailleur, you're gonna be at around the weight of a Rohloff, but...but...you haven't paid no $1,200 for those 1,700 grams. At the price of a Rohloff you can buy--and replace--a SDD hub, RD & cogset five times! The sensible money is not on Rohloff. You (should) know that.
Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Advantage to Planetary gears is Down shifting while stopped ..
Rolling thru all 14 gears on My Rohloff can be done sitting at a stop sign..
and I havent yet tried to rig up a 'Stupid Low' on my Bike Friday with a 39-53 double crank..
still using it as a 16:53.
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