Re: geared unicycle hubs

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Anyone know of Sturmey Archer conversions I saw on Gregs website that
people have tried it i am currious as to how they did it?

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edge said:

*Anyone know of Sturmey Archer conversions I saw on Gregs website that
people have tried it i am currious as to how they did it? *

'The Bikesmith' (http://www.thebikesmith.com/special.htm) made a Sturmey
Archer conversion. They took a three speed hub and turned it into a two
speed fixed gear hub that is shiftable. There was about a 30% change
from high gear to low gear. A neat hub for a fixed gear bike.

Sadly The Bikesmith closed down about a year ago. The shop is no more
although the web site still exists. The owner is still in Seattle and
may make some more of those two speed fixed gear conversions.

It is a bicycle hub. It could work on a giraffe style unicycle.
Woudln't work on a standard unicycle. I don't know how well the design
would hold up to unicycle abuse. Unicycles put different loads on the
gears than bikes (things like idling and such).

The interesting geared unicycle project now is the 'Outta Phaze'
(http://www.livewireunicycles.com/Outta%20Phaze.htm) uni being built by
Dave Stockton. It's based on Pete Perron's Purple Phaze unicycle. It's
not shiftable on the road. But you can change the gearing at home in
the shop to suit your needs. It can be adapted to a wide range of
gearing. It's a really neat design and it rides well. If you have a
need for speed (maybe thinking of setting a speed or distance record)
then this is the one to get.

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