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Old 06-20-21 | 08:20 PM
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tallbikeman
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From: Yolo County, West Sacramento CA

Bikes: Modified 26 inch frame Schwinn Varsity with 700c wheels and 10 speed cassette hub. Ryan Vanguard recumbent. 67cm 27"x1 1/4" Schwinn Sports Tourer from the 1980's. 1980's 68cm Nishiki Sebring with 700c aero wheels, 30 speeds, flat bar bicycle.

Originally Posted by SkinGriz
Just run dual pivot in the back?
Never heard of the IGNAZ X. Very good looking bicycle. It looks like it has a roller cam internal brake that Shimano equipped their Nexus hubs with back in the day. I would be careful of this brake on long hard downhills especially in mountainous terrain. I've owned a Nexus 7 speed IGH with the roller brake and the brake was not a powerful brake by any means. However you have a very mountain capable brake in the front cantilever brake so I would take this bike into the mountains. The Nexus 7 speed hub always shifted beautifully. The shifting mechanism wears out after a period of years of steady use and I've had to throw away two Nexus 7 speed hubs. I could find no repair people anywhere that wanted to tackle the shifting mechanism. By the way I used to take my hubs apart a lot after the shifters started acting up. They are really no more difficult to take apart than Sturmey Archer 3 speeds. They do have more parts but they all go back together in a logical manner. The rotary shifting mechanism on the other hand is chock full of parts and very small for all the torque loads that go through it. I never took the shifting mechanism apart and that was where the wear that caused the hubs demise occurred.
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