Building a fixed gear Rohloff speedhub wheel?
06-10-06, 08:08 AM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 193
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Building a fixed gear Rohloff speedhub wheel?
So I'm doing the conceptual work on a machine that uses bike parts. I'm wondering about the Rohloff speedhub, and the possibility of turning it into a 14-gear fixed by replacing the sprocket. I've never seen a Rohloff, and the diagram on Sheldon's page doesn't clear this particular question up. I'm assuming the rachet system is in the hub itself and can't be swapped out like that, or someone would have done it already?
Alternately, and this "should" be much more straightforward, can I install a sprocket where a brake disk goes and have a wheel that's 14-speed internal one way and fixed the other? This would lose me my gearing down, but that might be okay. What I'm really curious about is that 14-gear fixie. Anyone know enough about the Rohloff to say what it would take to machine such a beast?
Alternately, and this "should" be much more straightforward, can I install a sprocket where a brake disk goes and have a wheel that's 14-speed internal one way and fixed the other? This would lose me my gearing down, but that might be okay. What I'm really curious about is that 14-gear fixie. Anyone know enough about the Rohloff to say what it would take to machine such a beast?
06-10-06, 08:19 AM
#2
LeMond Lives!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Edina, MN
Posts: 560
Bikes: In 1963 my sister taught me to ride on her girl’s frame (no wonder I shave my legs) Schwinn it was blue and it weighted a billion pounds. – Gone, 2nd bike - a Schwinn Colligate (Gold) 5 speed – Traded in, 3rd bike – 1971 Schwinn Continental (Maro
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
If you goggle the Rohloff you will find exploded views and more. You can also contact them directly. It is an expensive hub to mess up. Good luck.
06-10-06, 09:09 AM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Mid-Atlantic
Posts: 912
Bikes: A bunch
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Can't do that. The Rohloff has a double cabling that runs to the left side of the hub through an offset control box. The hub can't be flip-flopped to reverse the drive side as in a SS/fixie hub.
