A colleague is trying to get me in to mountain biking (like 300kms Mon-Fri isn't enough ;-) )
All well and good but I'm a man of limited funds. I've really set my heart on a Rholoff because I got a bit sick of the amount of maintenance required on a derailleur setup this winter.
So the can I have my cake and eat it too question: Rohloff equipped MTB a good idea or a real lame duck? -- Cheers | ~~ __@ Euan | ~~ _-\<, Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)
Hmmm... Limited funds, needs an MTB, sick of gear maintenance, rides 300km per week..... the answer is simple....
Singlespeed MTB! 😎 Build a cheap SS convert MTB & keep saving for your Rohloff commuter. BTW what size MTB frame would you use? I'll keep a look out. 🙂
"Euan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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A colleague is trying to get me in to mountain biking (like 300kms Mon-Fri isn't enough ;-) )
All well and good but I'm a man of limited funds. I've really set my heart on a Rholoff because I got a bit sick of the amount of maintenance required on a derailleur setup this winter.
So the can I have my cake and eat it too question: Rohloff equipped MTB a good idea or a real lame duck?
Those that have them reckon they're great. I'd like one, but the initial purchase cost is high. Rip off a few XTR (hell, even LX) derailleurs and hangers, and you might rethink the high price issue... ;^)
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>>> "Nick" == Nick Payne <[email hidden]> writes:
Nick> Rohloff hub and limited funds are mutually exclusive.
Nope, that's penny wise pound poor thinking.
If I went with my original plan I'd be building a commuter around a Surly Longhaul Trucker frame and a Rohloff hub. With all the stuff I want to put on it I reckon it'd weigh in around about the $4k mark.
And I wouldn't have an MTB.
Now if I can get a Rohloff equipped MTB which can also accomdate a rack and mudguards I've killed two birds with one stone :-) Obviously I'd need two sets of wheels but the total package will only be marginally more expensive than getting a commuter /and/ an MTB.
"Euan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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>>>>"Nick" == Nick Payne <[email hidden]> writes:
Nick> Rohloff hub and limited funds are mutually exclusive.
Nope, that's penny wise pound poor thinking.
If I went with my original plan I'd be building a commuter around a Surly Longhaul Trucker frame and a Rohloff hub. With all the stuff I want to put on it I reckon it'd weigh in around about the $4k mark.
And I wouldn't have an MTB.
Now if I can get a Rohloff equipped MTB which can also accomdate a rack and mudguards I've killed two birds with one stone :-) Obviously I'd need two sets of wheels but the total package will only be marginally more expensive than getting a commuter /and/ an MTB.
Can you guys cut this out, it is getting more and more tempting. I was rationalising - SJS is in the UK, all too hard (until my next trip) but made in OZ!!
"Euan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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>>>>"Nick" == Nick Payne <[email hidden]> writes:
Nick> Rohloff hub and limited funds are mutually exclusive.
Nope, that's penny wise pound poor thinking.
If I went with my original plan I'd be building a commuter around a Surly Longhaul Trucker frame and a Rohloff hub. With all the stuff I want to put on it I reckon it'd weigh in around about the $4k mark.
And I wouldn't have an MTB.
Now if I can get a Rohloff equipped MTB which can also accomdate a rack and mudguards I've killed two birds with one stone :-) Obviously I'd need two sets of wheels but the total package will only be marginally more expensive than getting a commuter /and/ an MTB.
Can you guys cut this out, it is getting more and more tempting. I was rationalising - SJS is in the UK, all too hard (until my next trip) but made in OZ!![/QUOTE] Drool! Where is this guy based? Anyone seen one in the flesh?
Drool! Where is this guy based? Anyone seen one in the flesh?
I have done nearly 5000km now on my Rohloff 26" wheel tourer/commuter/offroader, which means i am about to change the oil - literally the first maintenance in 5000km of sand, mud and water. I am a convert to Rohloff hubs going back to using and fiddling with deraileur systems seems so crude. Changing is quite different, everyone will have got used to changing down when stompong on the pedals, you cant do that with the Rohloff, it is necessary to back off the pressure slightly otherwise it wont change. If you get stuck in too high a gear i.e. slowed suddenly by deep mud or sand it is a noveltly to simply stop pedalling for a split second twist the changer down through 3, 4 or more gears and pedal your way out of trouble.
Cost yes perhaps an issue but as the years go by and with no vitually no maintenance, no concerns with breaking deraileurs and or hanger miles from nowhere, use the cheapest of chains if you like it makes no difference as the Rohloff just keep working the amount you paid for it will not be an issue.
I have yet another challenge now to try and wear the Rohloff out before I die.
