Hubstripping.com reports
Shimano announces a 11 gear hub. The range will be 409% (Alfine 8 gear 307%). The hub runs in a oil bath like the Rohloff Speddhub. This should result a higher efficiency and longer lifetime. The price will be 300,- Euro release data is September 2010.
Details can be found here….
via 11 Speed Alfine hub [...]
City cycling just got a whole lot easier and smoother with the new Moulton TSR-2. As clean in lines as a fixie, the TSR-2 has a surprise in store- the new Sturmey Archer S2C ‘kick-shift’ hub. This two-speed hub, shown for the first time to the public at the London Cycle show, offers an overdrive [...]
Sturmey Archer had their own stand but the most interesting new hub they’ve produced wasn’t on it – it was nestling quietly on the Moulton stand, who were displaying the only working prototype. The S2C is a re-imagining of the Fichtel & Sachs Torpedo Duomatic hub that Moulton have been busy reviving since they found [...]
Reports suggest that the TSR2 is a prototype, but will be available in 2010, costing less than £1000.
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via Fixie-Killer: Sturmey Archer S2C | The Bike Show – a cycling radio show and podcast from Resonance FM.
The S2C is Sturmey’s modern version of the Fichtel & Sachs Torpedo Duomatic, a two-speed hub with kick-back gear change and coaster brake that dates from the 1960s. These hubs have something of a cult following and [...]