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  1. Original post
    Alan Hoyle
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    I was just thinking about something.... I'm a novice when it comes to bike tech. Has anyone made a
    fixed-gear bike (ie. one that can't coast) with an internal shifting hub? Something like that would
    seem much simpler to deal with than a flip-flop hub. Or is the freewheel mechanism built-in to that
    sort of hub?

    -alan

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  2. Ted Bennett
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    Alan Hoyle said:

    I was just thinking about something.... I'm a novice when it comes to bike tech. Has anyone made a
    fixed-gear bike (ie. one that can't coast) with an internal shifting hub? Something like that
    would seem much simpler to deal with than a flip-flop hub. Or is the freewheel mechanism built-in
    to that sort of hub?

    Yes, almost everything you can think of has been tried at some time or other. Sheldon Brown has some
    good information on this at sheldonbrown.comasc.html

    Good luck.

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    Ted Bennett Portland OR

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  3. Chalo
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    Alan Hoyle said:

    Has anyone made a fixed-gear bike (ie. one that can't coast) with an internal shifting hub?

    They have been made, but not recently. Now they are old and rare, and therefore expensive and
    hard to find:

    cgi.ebay.comeBayISAPI.dll

    cgi.ebay.comeBayISAPI.dll

    I understand that there is some gear lash intrinsic to these hubs that makes them feel unfamiliar to
    most fixed-gear riders.

    Chalo Colina

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  4. Gary Young
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    Ted Bennett <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Alan Hoyle said:

    I was just thinking about something.... I'm a novice when it comes to bike tech. Has anyone made
    a fixed-gear bike (ie. one that can't coast) with an internal shifting hub? Something like that
    would seem much simpler to deal with than a flip-flop hub. Or is the freewheel mechanism
    built-in to that sort of hub?

    Yes, almost everything you can think of has been tried at some time or other. Sheldon Brown has
    some good information on this at sheldonbrown.comasc.html

    Good luck.

    I've also heard of people making a two-speed fixed gear out of Bendix coaster-brake hubs:

    thebikesmith.comspecial.htm

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  5. Phil Brown
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    They have been made, but not recently. Now they are old and rare, and therefore expensive and
    hard to find:

    cgi.ebay.comeBayISAPI.dll

    cgi.ebay.comeBayISAPI.dll

    These are TC 2 speed hubs. More common, but not real common, is the ASC 3 speed. They are a bit
    fragile but a real gas. Phil Brown

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  6. Chalo
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    [email hidden] (Phil Brown):

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    cgi.ebay.comeBayISAPI.dll

    cgi.ebay.comeBayISAPI.dll

    These are TC 2 speed hubs. More common, but not real common, is the ASC 3 speed. They are a bit
    fragile but a real gas. Phil Brown

    The second link is to a TC. The first is to an ASC.

    I witnessed a "new old stock" ASC sell for over $600 on eBay this summer.

    Chalo Colina

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  7. David Damerell
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    Alan Hoyle said:

    I was just thinking about something.... I'm a novice when it comes to bike tech. Has anyone made a
    fixed-gear bike (ie. one that can't coast) with an internal shifting hub?

    I considered something similar with the Schlumpf internally geared bottom brackets, but to my
    irritation they are not suitable for high reverse torque.
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    David Damerell <[email hidden]> Distortion Field!

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