Originally Posted by
ShannonM
Still sorting the shifting... it's my first IGH, and they're weird. It's looking to be a fun bike to work on, and to ride. (Once I put a 22t on it... 46x18 is ridiculous.)
I feel that a 24 tooth cog is more appropriate than a 22 for these bikes, but 22 is far better than 18 of course.
For the shifting adjustment you want to shorten the shifter cable till the cable goes "very tight" just a bit when shifted into 1st gear, and then lengthen the cable just a smidge so the force at the shifter is just that of the springs in the hub, but there is no additional slack when the shifter is in first gear.
Running the shifter cable down the seat stay has the advantage of the shifter cable not needing to be adjusted when the rear wheel gets moved back due to chain stretch rear wheel adjusting.