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Hi, can you please tell me do you need a special "crank set" from shimano in order to put a 4iiii precision 3 crank power meter? To sum it up can I just put that 4iiii precision 3 on a FSA Comet crankset?
@@UnchainedCyclistthey will if the cables are exposed, I have frayed enough brake cables doing bike deliveries downtown to know that "self lubricating" cable housings would still need help from grease. I don't have a rohloff but I have heard shift happy rohloff users fraying cables.
Regarding the sound from a Rohloff owner with some miles on it (almost 50,000km): you will have pedalling some noise from for the lowest seven gears, especially prononced gears 5 and 7. The sound will get a bit quieter after a few thousand Kilometers and at colder temperatures. The freehub sound is only in Gear 8-14, the first seven gears are quiet. Only very few people in Berlin ride Rohloffs, but many of them do ride them intensively. I am one of them, having two bikes with a Rohloff. The good thing about a Rohloff hub is, that you can take them to the next bike (the highest recorded milage is almost 500,000km, which is mental). I like your aerobar-setup, I put it on my rigid MTB as well.
I never saw any when I visited Berlin a few years ago, but I did see many more internal hubs than I see here. This hub has about 2000 km on it now and it isn’t really noisy. It’s just on the noisier side of traditional gearing. I’m very satisfied.
@@UnchainedCyclist You probably visited as a tourist and I can assure you, that I will avoid touristic routes on my daily commute if I can do so. I would say that Rohloff sells most of their hubs to either Touring cyclists (mostly used outside of cities) or heavy-ish commuters who will optimise their routes to avoid congested areas and also tend to stick to the morning and evening hours. But compared to hilly cities like Stuttgart, internal gear hubs are in Berlin way more prevelant (30-50%) whereas the Rohloff is maybe 1% or less of those hubs. In Stuttgart the number of Rohloff hubs is significant higher but then other interal hubs are less common.
Great vid! I stumbled upon it while looking for the most recent rohloff videos. I was thrilled because I also have a Disc Trucker (albeit more recent than yours so a rohloff conversion would be more complicated because of thru axles). I was even more thrilled when I noticed you're in Montreal as well! Did you do the rohloff conversion yourself or did you have a bike shop do it, if so which?
Thanks, it’s a Zefal frame pump. They come in different lengths for different frames, but they actually fit into the little nipple at the front and spring pressure in the back. I use a Velcro strap to make sure it doesn’t go anywhere, but I think that’s just me being over cautious.
I’m currently uploading my solution to this problem. The fact of the matter is I your on this bike as well as commute, so while I didn’t shift much in the city, I still need gears for tours.
Do u ride it in Québécois winters? Did you put oil inside the frame to discourage rust? How tall are you? I want one of these bikes but I'm very tall. Maybe with backswept handlebars and a short riser stem it can work. Looks like newer truckers have a longer headtube.
I ride all winter, but I always switched to a winter bike that I didn't care if it rusted away. This year I subscribed to Bixi, which went through the winter and it was the best decision I ever made. Very easy and only 20 dollars a month, so I can't see the downside. You can buy a disc trucker in your size and have the headtube very tall. Mine is cut a little shorter because I'm short, but even if you are a giant, you can get a headtube extender and adopt a more upright posture.
Get a Coospo bike calculator. You won't be disappointed. Nice to know what the bike looks like as-is after 10 years. Many Surly older bikes rust up badly, but not yours.
I honestly don’t know why this bike has held up as well as it has. I was actually thinking of repainting the frame and putting some new anti rusting spray on the insides of the tubes. But I must admit that the bike is a bit like Theseus’s ship at this point with the number of rebuilds it’s been through.
Nice bike, I am surprised the wheels lasted that long, considering how many km's you have done. It will be interesting to see how you like the Rohloff. Good luck !
They've been trued, but because they're on disc brakes, small wobbles are less problematic. I've gone through three sets of tires, a new front disc and the original bike is just the frame, forks and wheel sets.
Outstanding video. We share a lifestyle that a lot of people, even bicyclists, don't understand. I'm not into racing, just the practical use of one of the worlds greatest inventions. I started on a Trek Hybrid 8.3 and after losing 75 pounds and getting fit again (former U.S. Marine) wanted a Disc Trucker($1550.00 U.S.) but because of financial obligations, opted for the Fuji Touring (just under $700.00 U.S.). It has many of the same attributes and is a great bike but it is certainly not a Disc Trucker. To the guy below that commented; " If it isn't on strava it didn't happen.": You strike me as some kind of bike snob that I would love to invite to these Tennessee mountains and wear you out......Thanks BikeMontreal for allowing me the forum to punk out a critic. You're doing a great job. Keep it up! Reply ·
+Nathan Hawkins While I do train for races (though I'm an old age grouper), I understand the sentiment. I certainly don't dream of winning triathlons, but I do often think about riding off on my bike for a years long adventure across continents.
Exactly. I was almost able to do a 2 week tour on the Natchez Trace in Sept. but It didn't happen. Maybe Florida for at least a week would be nice in February.LOL Check out Bicycletouringpro on RU-vid. He makes a living going everywhere.Great guy too. Happy pedaling.
I just did a tour to Lake Garda with a friend. He used the Disk Trucker, i used my Cube Hyde Race. Both are really awesome bikes :). We did zhe 1000km with no issues.
Awesome bike and set up. Use your bike for what you want I say, can't believe the front of some people. Bikes are beautiful for all the crazy stuff you can do with them to fit you as an individual. Keep on riding my friend.
Lawrence Gladwell Thanks for the kind words. Indeed, the best part of my day is going to and coming home from work. It would be nice if I never had to arrive anywhere.
Actually I use training peaks. It's better for tracking my triathlon training, but I don't track every km because I use my bike almost exclusively for transportation. 10,000 km is actually conservative considering my daily commute is 25km alone.
I can think of several reasons NOT to use this companion seat. One is the added weight it puts on the bike's rear tire and two would be the added stress on the brakes. Let's not forget the increased stress on the peddler. Add to that all the increased stress on the remaining bike parts means this extra seat taxes the bike and probably cuts its' lifespan in half as well as lowering its' safety. The seat may have a 200 lb limit but I can assure you your bike's manufacturer NEVER considered this in its' design.
Well, I wouldn't put it on just any bike, but my bike is pretty strong and its design did consider loads. I've recently removed it because I was sick of hauling my child around on the back of my bike, but it served its purpose. As for increase stress on the peddler, I welcomed it. Very good training.
