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07-13-08 | 09:35 PM

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oboeterry

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From: I am currently playing 2 months on the national tour of Annie, and starting Feb '10 will be playing 18 months on the national tour of Beauty and the Beast; my stuff lives in a storage unit in Northridge, CA and at a buddy's house in Cedar City, UT :)

Bikes: 2006 Dahon Speed P8 (currently in storage); Bike Friday Season tikit (with all the bells and whistles) :)

upgrading to an internal hub on a Dahon Speed P8

Hi again,

So, since the Downtube 8HN's sold out, I think that my next possibility of having an easily packable (and more enjoyable?) bike, would be to upgrade my '06 P8 to an 8spd internal hub... I've been reading a lot about how much people seem to enjoy the internal hubs, plus I believe that the rear wheel would be easier for me to remove/replace with the internal hub (yes?); the thing is, how would I go about doing this... the LBS here doesn't deal much with folders (I don't know if that matters in this situation?), and I'd like to keep my Big Apple tires... do I need to buy a wheel with the hub attached or just the hub?
Sorry for several posts... I enjoy riding, but I'm really an amateur. Thanks!

Terry

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