Comments on: New 8-speed Sturmey Archer Hub Gears http://www.moultonbuzz.com/2008/03/new-8-speed-sturmey-archer-hub-gears/ Life on a Moulton Buzz!! Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:29:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin Hartley http://www.moultonbuzz.com/2008/03/new-8-speed-sturmey-archer-hub-gears/comment-page-1/#comment-818 Martin Hartley Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:46:09 +0000 http://www.doocey.net/moultonbuzz/?p=98#comment-818 The 325% range will be very useful, but the first-gear direct drive makes this hub really only useful for small-wheeled bicycles. I don't mind, because I'd like to put one of these hubs on my Raleigh Twenty! The 325% range will be very useful, but the first-gear direct drive makes this hub really only useful for small-wheeled bicycles. I don’t mind, because I’d like to put one of these hubs on my Raleigh Twenty!

]]> By: Group51uk http://www.moultonbuzz.com/2008/03/new-8-speed-sturmey-archer-hub-gears/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Group51uk Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:13:34 +0000 http://www.doocey.net/moultonbuzz/?p=98#comment-213 It's got to be easy to maintain and reliable. The shell on the new hub looks significantly larger in mid-section than on the current one: http://www.sturmey-archer.com/productimages/600x600/8spd/XRK8_A_600.jpg Perhaps this means it is has larger, more tolerant and robust cogs? I'd suggest this is more important than massive range (although the extra 20% is very welcome, 325% is cake and eat it territory), in particular, if they want to compete with the Alfine in the commuter segment. It’s got to be easy to maintain and reliable. The shell on the new hub looks significantly larger in mid-section than on the current one:

http://www.sturmey-archer.com/productimages/600×600/8spd/XRK8_A_600.jpg

Perhaps this means it is has larger, more tolerant and robust cogs? I’d suggest this is more important than massive range (although the extra 20% is very welcome, 325% is cake and eat it territory), in particular, if they want to compete with the Alfine in the commuter segment.

]]> By: PeLu http://www.moultonbuzz.com/2008/03/new-8-speed-sturmey-archer-hub-gears/comment-page-1/#comment-214 PeLu Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:27:02 +0000 http://www.doocey.net/moultonbuzz/?p=98#comment-214 When they introduced the former 8-speed hub a few years ago, one representative also said that it could be relatively easy 'expanded' to a 16 speed hub (my opinion: more likely to a 15 speed one). Unfortunatley there was nothing to be heard since then about it..... When they introduced the former 8-speed hub a few years ago, one representative also said that it could be relatively easy ‘expanded’ to a 16 speed hub (my opinion: more likely to a 15 speed one).
Unfortunatley there was nothing to be heard since then about it…..

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