New reason to spend your money

[buddybikes]

Classified power shift hub gear. Will this be a winner?


https://www.roadbikerider.com/classi...ub-powershift/

https://granfondo-cycling.com/classi...b-2020-test-2/

[Hellgate]

Now THAT is too cool. I'm surprised it's taken this long.

Side note, back in my bike shop days I was the 2 speed kick back and 3 speed hub "guy." I was actually the only guy to read the Sturmy Archer repair book!

Regardless, I really like what they've created. Beats a front derailleur all day long.

[EB]

Cool stuff. I suspect with the shift to ebikes in the global market we're going to see a lot of innovation in drivetrains, moving towards internal gearbox solutions with much longer maintenance cycles.

[buddybikes]

Originally Posted by Hellgate

Now THAT is too cool. I'm surprised it's taken this long.

Side note, back in my bike shop days I was the 2 speed kick back and 3 speed hub "guy." I was actually the only guy to read the Sturmy Archer repair book!

Regardless, I really like what they've created. Beats a front derailleur all day long.

I was the only one in my shop (sr in high school) to do successful surgery of Sturmy Archer hub also. Never opened a Huret however.

[charliedid]

So cool.

[buddybikes]

This is how I found out - Firefly is first USA partner. What's another 2K+ on a FF
https://www.instagram.com/p/CXOeIsCMSkm/

[Hellgate]

Originally Posted by steveandbarb1

I was the only one in my shop (sr in high school) to do successful surgery of Sturmy Archer hub also. Never opened a Huret however.

I had a Huret rear derailleur from some English frameset I acquired from somebody someday. That's my story I'm sticking to it.

[Matt92037]

Now that is some real innovation!

[Coffee Rider]

If this is what I think the right brand is, it’s mainly intended for bikes that are otherwise 1x.


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[fredd]

I wonder how much more efficient that is than having a full set of internal gears and ditch derailleurs altogether -> perfect chainline

[lesserevil]

Probably the coolest thing I've seen in a long time plus Tom Boonen possibly backing it up? Thats rad!

[Xrslug]

I heard about this for the first time in this article about Tom Boonen’s new bike — he’s apparently an investor in the company:
https://pelotonmagazine.com/gear/tom...ascender-pure/

[BagelMaster]

Hasn’t this been available in the Ridley travel bike for around a year? It’s expensive, so I’m not surprised it has had limited adoption, including the proprietary cassette. Cool concept, hopefully it can be developed more.

[martl]

Originally Posted by Matt92037

Now that is some real innovation!

groundbreaking. How has no one thought of this before

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/sachs-orbit.html

[oldpotatoe]

Hmm..seems like on multi gear bikes, the 'weak link' is the rear der, not the front.
Shifter still there..1 CR instead of 2..no front der. IMHO, on a road bike, front shifting(particularly Di2 and EPS) is near to flawless.

So...gonna be that guy..$2600 to remove the front der and double crank(and gotta buy a 1by crank..or mod yours(?)).....'Maybe' an application to GRoad bikes but again, in real sloppy stuff, the rear der is the 'long pole in the tent'..not the front.