shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
on my 18 inch wheel Birdy, the dualdrive (3*8) hub has bitten the dust, it
A) costs silly money to replace
B) gave me far more gear options than I actually need for this country.
Its a 12 year old bike that owes me nothing and I'm thinking of a conversion to as simple and clean a likes as possible rather than a like forlike fix or retiring it. So am thinking of going for the full hub route and quite like the look of the SturmeyXRF-8 with the 70mm drum brake option at the back.
A few of questions to help me decide if its viable to find the cash for it.
A) costs silly money to replace
B) gave me far more gear options than I actually need for this country.
Its a 12 year old bike that owes me nothing and I'm thinking of a conversion to as simple and clean a likes as possible rather than a like forlike fix or retiring it. So am thinking of going for the full hub route and quite like the look of the SturmeyXRF-8 with the 70mm drum brake option at the back.
A few of questions to help me decide if its viable to find the cash for it.
- What tooth cog is best for a 13 stone rider who happily pootles along at 15mph in moderately hilly Lancashire?
My Alfine 8 standard cog (700x38 wheels) was either a 20 or 19T, I dropped it a couple of teeth and am still happily pulling up hill.
- Will a 70mm drum brake be sufficient to stop me as well as a good set of rim brakes?
- I'm thinking of doing the front hub too, to an x-fdd (70mm drum) or xl-fdd (90mm drum) at the same time. (only a couple of quid difference so cost isn't a consideration between the 2)
Do I need to match the front and rear drum brakes to save me faceplanting if I grab a handful of both in an emergency?
- If I did go for the dyno-hub would I need to step the output down at all to account for the faster rotation of the little wheels? or is here a small wheel specific front hub that I could consider?