"I didn't buy a bike to oil it!"

[Yellow Saddle]

I would say that you should suggest he gets one of the latest long life derailleurs that's enclosed in the hub but it sounds like the concept of easing off while downshifting might be too complicated and you'd be facing a succession of bent plates and splintered cogs

I doubt he would have gone for it. The PROs don't use it, see.

 

[mjr]

I doubt he would have gone for it. The PROs don't use it, see.

Well, at least not lately:

 

[tyred]

Indeed

And I wonder how many of the people who laugh at 3 speed hubs could even come close to matching that record on their fancy carbon machine with the supposedly superior gear system?

 

[raleighnut]

Indeed

And I wonder how many of the people who laugh at 3 speed hubs could even come close to matching that record on their fancy carbon machine with the supposedly superior gear system?

Ah but that was on the 'close ratio' racing hub though not yer standard kit.

 

[Ajax Bay]

And I wonder how many of the people who laugh at 3 speed hubs could even come close to matching that record on their fancy carbon machine with the supposedly superior gear system?

I am not among those who 'laugh' at 3 speed hubs. I do think 'saving' one from a bike that is otherwise complete 'for a future project/build' is not worth it - which was the OP question asked.
Edit: Misread of advert. Deleted. Thanks @tyred .

 

[tyred]

I am not among those who 'laugh' at 3 speed hubs. I do think 'saving' one from a bike that is otherwise complete 'for a future project/build' is not worth it - which was the OP question asked.
Suggest you may have exaggerated the standard of the record you featured above - great clip btw. Pretty sure I did better than 9:53 for most of my 100 mile days on last year's LEJOG, and that's carrying kit for unsupported (B&B), on a steel bike.

9:53 is the amount of time he beat whatever the previous record was. It's difficult to read but I think the record he set was 3 hr 45 mins for 100 miles.

 

[tyred]

Ah but that was on the 'close ratio' racing hub though not yer standard kit.

I want one of those but can never seem to find one for a price I consider acceptable (i.e free!).

 

[mjr]

9:53 is the amount of time he beat whatever the previous record was. It's difficult to read but I think the record he set was 3 hr 45 mins for 100 miles.

Not so hard to read with my messed-up eyesight, so here's what it looks like to me:

"ON Saturday, March 19th, Bert James lowered the 100-Mile Record by 9 mins 53 secs, setting up a wonderful time of 3 hrs 45 mins 51 secs (subject to official confirmation). Every cyclist will be thrilled bythese wonderful figures. Think of it! Thanks to the help of his Sturmey-Archer 3 speed Gear, James was able to average the amazing speed of approximately 27 miles per hour!

" "A.K" Hub. Specially designed for Road Racing and Record breaking. Ratios 7.24% Increase 6.74% Decrease.

" "A.M." Hub. This Hub is strongly recommended to the Club rider, for Massed Start Racing and Record attempts in Hilly Country. Ratios 15.55% Increase 13.46% Decrease.

"THERE'S A STURMEY-ARCHER GEAR FOR EVERY CLASS OF CYCLIST

"STURMEY-ARCHER GEARS LIMITED, NOTTINGHAM."

 

[Dogtrousers]

9:53 is the amount of time he beat whatever the previous record was. It's difficult to read but I think the record he set was 3 hr 45 mins for 100 miles.

3 hours 45 minutes 51 seconds

http://vegetariancac.org/club-history/

About 26.5mph.

Edit. Beaten to it by @mjray

 

[fimm]

The Vegetarian Cycling and Athletic club... sounds like a modern thing, not a bit of it, founded in 1887!

And, of interest currently " Walter Greaves, a one-armed member of the Yorkshire Branch, set up an outstanding year’s mileage record of 45,385.75 miles – that’s an outrageous average of nearly 125 miles each and every day for a year." (They don't say which year, but sometime in the 1920s or 30s).

 

[Smokin Joe]

And, of interest currently " Walter Greaves, a one-armed member of the Yorkshire Branch, set up an outstanding year’s mileage record of 45,385.75 miles – that’s an outrageous average of nearly 125 miles each and every day for a year." (They don't say which year, but sometime in the 1920s or 30s).

If he didn't post it on Strava it didn't happen.

 

[Racing roadkill]

If he didn't post it on Strava it didn't happen.

Amen.

 

[marknotgeorge]

If he didn't post it on Strava it didn't happen.

He tried, but his Garmin was playing up:

 

[raleighnut]

Not to mention his connection speed.

 

[jefmcg]

He tried, but his Garmin was playing up:

Of course, that's the hardware required to calculate longitude without satellites. #SCIENCE