full staton or homebuilt

[Warner]

The thread is "two speed Staton",go to members list, look up Kerf,and this particular thread.

Thanks....will go take a look. Just got lazy to do the search! Haha!

Warner

 

[appye]

I have been considering something along the lines of kerf's where there are two drive sprockets, and one driven sprocket, but I notice that staton sells two speed freewheels that seem to go on the wheel. Might be worth considering...

 

[duivendyk]

Please tell me more about that exploding hub,was it an internally geared one?,what make ?.was it driven from the pedals?.What transpired ? Where can I find more info about that GP 460 engine.Where did you get it from ?

 

[appye]

It was a SRAM something or other three speed internally geared hub. After about three months riding every day with my GEBE (using a tanaka pf3300 at the time), the thing started making all kinds of screeching noise, and locking up.

You can get the GP460 at davesmotors...

 

[duivendyk]

SRAM (Sachs) was not the best hub around,all these hubs needed REGULAR weekly lubrication if you rode a lot. You were hearing the itty-bitty gears in there grinding themselves into abrasive dust.The Shimano hubs are the best in my opinion,they have a special lubricant.The SA hub had weaknesses too,that the British did nothing about.They initially do a brilliant job on something or other, pushing the envelope, and then proceed go into a coma for a few decades or more,during which they are put out of business.

 

[appye]

Yeah, and after ten miles of forcing the thing to spin, they ended up turning sideways, scoring the housing, etc... It looked like a bomb went off in there. Definately I am not going to subject another one of these things to 50+ mph sprints from time to time... I gotta say though, mph is pretty intimidating to me, even though the bike handles like a dream at that and faster though.