Does anyone know about a Helvetic bike?
09-26-16, 08:22 PM
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Does anyone know about a Helvetic bike?
I just came across a Helvetic bicycle. It appears to be a touring bike with road handlebars racks, front and back, generator lights, front and back and fenders. The derailleurs and shifters are Campy. The interesting this is that is has a 3 speed hub with a 5 speed freewheel hub and a two chai rings. I cannot find anything about this bike on the Internet. Does anyone know anything about this bike? Thanks
09-27-16, 02:25 AM
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Helvetica is minimalist road bike named after the font. Helvetia was the name for Swiss army bikes, maybe Helvetic is derived from that? I've found a few and they look like Swiss bikes in a German style to me. .
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I just came across a Helvetic bicycle. It appears to be a touring bike with road handlebars racks, front and back, generator lights, front and back and fenders. The derailleurs and shifters are Campy. The interesting this is that is has a 3 speed hub with a 5 speed freewheel hub and a two chai rings. I cannot find anything about this bike on the Internet. Does anyone know anything about this bike? Thanks
Basically a 2,3 or 5 speed freewheel is attached to the SA hub and uses a derailleur this effectively gives you far more gears than a hub alone and a wider range of course - the mod is carried out just using a single chainring a double really over complicates things, in addition you have to be mindful of matching components and have the correct fitting on the hub if you're making this mod today.
I can provide more information if needed, I'd like to see some images of the setup.
John.
09-27-16, 09:20 AM
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@jyl set up his Bianchi similarly.
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