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I am waiting for gearboxes to become competitive with derailleurs. Would totally be up for getting rid of that fragile and expensive part.
by salty_biscuits 7y ago
I am waiting for gearboxes to become competitive with derailleurs. Would totally be up for getting rid of that fragile and expensive part.
- romwell 7y ago>I am waiting for gearboxes to become competitive with derailleurs You mean the internal gear hubs? They've been competitive for over a hundred years[1]. I had a bike with an 8-speed SRAM[2], it worked fine (got stolen one day). [1]https://www.sheldonbrown.com/internal-gears.html https://www.sheldonbrown.com/internal-gears.html [2]https://www.sheldonbrown.com/sram-g8.html https://www.sheldonbrown.com/sram-g8.html
- salty_biscuits 7y agoNot in the hub, bad for unsprung mass. In the bottom bracket like this https://pinion.eu/en/ https://pinion.eu/en/ But has some tradeoffs that mean it isn't quite there yet.