2004 KHS solo one, fork is off a 2011 Trek “transport” 36x16t fot vancouver. 20mm rear travel. My favourite bike
by colonelbutt123
2004 KHS solo one, fork is off a 2011 Trek “transport” 36x16t fot vancouver. 20mm rear travel. My favourite bike
by colonelbutt123
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Up until about 1930 all of the cycling records were set with internal geared hubs. The derailleur existed but it wasn’t popular. There were considered too unreliable.
Looks rad! How’d you get the tension so nice?
The bicycle equivalent of testicles – dangling precariously, easily damaged, and painful when that happens.
I love your bike. I also love my derailleurs, but am a bike mechanic so it’s not a problem to fix stuff on my own.
This photo is a questionable design, I can’t see a bike
imho; modern derailleurs require very consitent conditions to work as intended, bikes pretty much need to be stored inside, cables need to be lubricated, free of excess friction, (internally routed bikes can go f themselves) they can’t stand up to knocks and bumps from locking up, consistently need hangers alignments, and far too many bikes have had derailleurs ripped off into the spokes with a bent hanger or incorrect low limit adjustment. If only 400% range interal hubs were cheaper…. This bike would rip with a schlump drive (iykyk)
I can give a pass to older steel or ti frames with integrated hangers
I dunno, I disagree. If you like SS or fixed that’s cool, but my Shimano 5800-series RD did almost 30,000km before it was taken by an unrelated mechanical failure.
IGHs are great (riding an Alfine 8 to work today) but the modern derailleur is a pretty wonderful piece of kit imo