Rohloff build for Vendetta

[fthills]

Yes indeed. All very good

Yes indeed. All very good points. On the bench the front brake engages just a fraction before the rear. Its funny how in cars we only have one brake pedal and I don't have a clue how the car assigns rear to front proportion.

Again on the bench when I put the lever on the left hand it was a fraction too firm for my forearm ,but on the right it feels ok. Not soft but not impossible.

 

[John Tolhurst]

nice work

Often the rear brake is more spongey due tothe longer more curved housing path. So perhaps its possible to get is to the rear brake comes on first but the front brake does most effort. For my money, its a brake in each hand, and if a dual level, I'd put it on the other side. just to be different!

 

[Eric Winn]

Interesting 2 brakes with one

Interesting 2 brakes with one lever solution:


http://problemsolversbike.com/products/cable_doubler

-Eric

 

[Romagjack]

Any updates on your

Any updates on your experiment?

 

[fthills]

Some updates ,but minor

There's no doubt the Rohloff is a very viable option for the V.

It gives the required range I need . it changes gears in the blink of an eye,
its reliable , it eliminates the front derailleur .

Its also a touch heavier even though one chainring and the fd and one gearshifter is gone.
And whatever is causing the friction inside the hub some energy is lost although I can't quantify it exactly.

I like the bull horn setup and it has stayed. Forearms are well supported . Hands are relaxed and occasionally do some work

But the rohloff is noisy below gear 7 ( this is a question of aesthetics rather than function.)

The single brake lever has gone . And I'm now back to two independent brake levers.

I've kept the Rohloff on the bike and have no plans to change.

 

[charlesw]

Hey! I just noticed, that

Hey! I just noticed, that tire looks mighty big. Is that a 26" wheel??

 

[marshall2389]

You would get a slight

You would get a slight aerodynamic benefit from figuring out a way to get rid of your chain tensioner (eccentric bottom bracket like you said or some other method). I've been thinking about an internal gear hub for a while from looking at my bike and seeing the front derailleur sitting out in the wind. It must be adding some drag to the bike.

Also, even though the Rohloff is heavier that weight is very close to the steer axis. You have removed some weight from the chainring area so handling might actually improve even with the extra weight.

 

[BentBierz]

I have a Rohloff wheel (red

I have a Rohloff wheel (red hub also) that I could use for a Silvio but, alas, it appears the mod won't work out as it apparently does on the Vendetta (I think it is because the carbon stays can't be separated out enough to squeeze the 135 mm hub into the 130 mm spacing).

The fact I have a Rohloff wheel ready to go makes me flirt with the idea of a Vendetta instead of the Silvio but I just can't pass up the suspension and the Vendetta seat angle would be just too much for my comfort level.