Originally Posted by
Reddleman
Click boxes can be picked up secondhand easily still on eBay etc. The control rod that shifts the gears are available from a Bavarian fella who makes them from scratch. You might find that the rubber on the grip shift element of the combo shifter has perished, but you can pick up NOS SRAM shifters of this style or mountain bike style ones out there too.
If you get fed up keeping a discontinued hub drive going, Sturmey Archer makes a replacement hub that does the same thing so the concept of a three-speed hub with a cassette attached is still valid.
Thanks for the tips! I'll watch out for these when I inspect the bicycle next week. I am more worried about the front hub, to be honest, it has the Pantour hub mounted on a 14 hole Kinetix Pro wheel and I've read that people had problems with the availability of the Pantour elastomers and the service. Would it be possible to find another 14 hole replacement hub to rebuild the wheel or something? Would that Bavarian fella have something like that? I think I would prefer the durability over the suspension here because I want the bike for speed mainly so I would eliminate the hub/ wheel if it's too much effort.