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Hardcarve1
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Hi
Have ridden my Staton gear box drive with Honda 35cc & NuVinci hub for 500+ k's now with a few trips to work. When I use to run with a 16:18 sproket ration I would get to work and just under have way back home (40k's) on a tank of gas. I played around with ratios but always need to fill up on the way home.
Now I can do the full trip 55k on a tank, I run the honda at a much lower rev range than before and use the torque to maintain a nice cruse speed of about 40kM/h. It has taken a little time to get used to the required ratios to suit the motor as their is way more reduction and top end than the motor uses.
The other great thing is noise reduction, even though the Honda is relatively quiet I like to respect others on bike ways who are out enjoying the ride and not pass them with the engine screaming its bolts off. Thats when I go to the tallest setting on the NuVinci and push on the pedals to maintaine a modest speed whuile passing them. I used to reduce my motor to an idel befor the hub and pedal around them.
The shop that laced my hub did a 3X pattern that is falling apart at the nipples due to the kink that the spokes make with the rim. What have others done with the lacing pattern 1X or 2X. I have a 26" sun ryhno lite rim and from what the manual says it should only be laced 1X.
Thanks
Alex
Have ridden my Staton gear box drive with Honda 35cc & NuVinci hub for 500+ k's now with a few trips to work. When I use to run with a 16:18 sproket ration I would get to work and just under have way back home (40k's) on a tank of gas. I played around with ratios but always need to fill up on the way home.
Now I can do the full trip 55k on a tank, I run the honda at a much lower rev range than before and use the torque to maintain a nice cruse speed of about 40kM/h. It has taken a little time to get used to the required ratios to suit the motor as their is way more reduction and top end than the motor uses.
The other great thing is noise reduction, even though the Honda is relatively quiet I like to respect others on bike ways who are out enjoying the ride and not pass them with the engine screaming its bolts off. Thats when I go to the tallest setting on the NuVinci and push on the pedals to maintaine a modest speed whuile passing them. I used to reduce my motor to an idel befor the hub and pedal around them.
The shop that laced my hub did a 3X pattern that is falling apart at the nipples due to the kink that the spokes make with the rim. What have others done with the lacing pattern 1X or 2X. I have a 26" sun ryhno lite rim and from what the manual says it should only be laced 1X.
Thanks
Alex