Originally Posted by bostontrevor
Agreed on all points. I was simply saying that to me it seems like missing the point.
But I'm intrigued. The ASC does apparently have a direct drive gear. I assumed that was simply a 1:1 ratio but that there would still be some sort of drag associated with the planetary gearing. I mean, I guess the hub body woud rotate at the same rate as the drive sprocket, so everything would be relatively stationary.
I dunno, I guess I don't understand enough about internally geared hubs (though I can operate one!
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If you can find an old 3-speed hub cheap, it's fun to take apart. They use a clever trick to provide 3-speeds with a single planetary set.... the 5-speed has only 2 and the 7-speed has 3. They use a secondary clutch and it can be a head scratcher until you play with it for awhile. BTW, both S-A and SRAM use the same trick and are pretty much the same inside so if you learn one, the other is easy beans.
Jim