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Tag Archives: 8-speed
Major update to Shimano 8-speed IG hub page
Our page about Shimano 8-speed internal-gear hubs now includes information on the new hub models. The table listing hubs has a new column indicating which cassette joint or motor unit works with each hub, and which hubs have interchangeable internal … Continue reading
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Tagged 8-speed, Alfine, bicycle, cassette joint, coaster brake, disc brake, hub, internal-gear, Nexus, Rollerbrake, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, shimano
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Gear Calculator updated and now also in German
The Sheldon Brown gear calculator is updated and improved: more tire sizes are covered including fatbikes, 29ers, 29+ and monster bikes, and we now have a version in German, as well as French.
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Tagged 29er, 32 inch, 36 inch, 7-speed, 8-speed, 9-speed, bicycle, bicyclette, braquets, calculator, children, cranks, development, Entfaltung, Fahhrad, fatbike, gain, gain ratio, gear inches, gearing, GPS, internal-gear, length, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, vélo
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Additions to the Shimano 8-speed IG hub page
Sheldonbrown.com reader Bruce Dance has contributed some helpful information on compatibility — or the lack of it — among different models. Read it on the 8-speed internal-gear hub page .
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Tagged 8-speed, Alfine, bicycle, cassette joint, coaster brake, disc brake, hub, internal-gear, Nexus, Rollerbrake, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, shimano
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Additions to the Gear Calculator
New crank lengths have been added to the Gear Calculator and Internal Gear Calculator, so they can calculate gain ratios for children’s bicycles with cranks down to 100 mm (less than 4 inches).
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Tagged 29er, 32 inch, 36 inch, 7-speed, 8-speed, 9-speed, bicycle, calculator, children, cranks, development, fatbike, gain, gain ratio, gear inches, gearing, internal-gear, length, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com
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New tire sizes in Gear Calculator
Several tire sizes have been added to the Gear Calculator: Fatbike sizes: 26 inch tires, 26 x 3.8, 4.0, 4.25, 4.7 Wide 29ers: 29 x 2.7 and 3.0 32 inch and 36 inch (common on unicycles).
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Tagged 29er, 32 inch, 36 inch, 7-speed, 8-speed, 9-speed, bicycle, calculator, development, fatbike, gear inches, gearing, internal-gear, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com
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Shimano 8-speed Internal-Gear Hubs
Major revision to the page about Shimano 8-speed hubs: — Added information on new hub models and fixed the many links which Shimano broke when it went to its new organization of technical Web pages. — Linked to a number … Continue reading
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Tagged 8-speed, Alfine, bicycle, cassette joint, coaster brake, disc brake, hub, internal-gear, Nexus, Rollerbrake, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, shimano
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SRAM and Sachs Internal-gear hubs
Updates to our main page on Sachs and SRAM hubs , and our page on the G8 and G9 hubs. We have located additional technical information from SRAM, and wehave fixed a number of Web links that went bad.
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Tagged 7-speed, 8-speed, 9-speed, bicycle, coaster brake, disc brake, Elan, Fichtel & Sachs, g8, G9, gearing, gears, hub, i-Motion, i-Motion 9, internal, internal-gear, maintenance, Orbit, planetary, Sachs, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, Spectro, SRAM
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Sturmey-Archer 8-speed Cable Pull
Information the current series of Sturmey-Archer 8-speed hubs has been added to the cribsheet of internal-gear hub cable pull measurements. Not quite the same as for the earlier series! Thanks to David Choma for the measurements!
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Tagged 8-speed, bicycle, bowden cable, internal-gear, maintenance, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, Sturmey-Archer
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Sturmey-Archer Pages Updated
Major update to the Sturmey-Archer pages: * fixed links which S-A broke by redoing its Web site (that’s everything about current hubs). * updated the list of hubs. * Added new technical information. Our cribsheet of hub model names and … Continue reading
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Tagged 8-speed, bicycle, gearing, gears, internal-gear, maintenance, repair, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, Sturmey-Archer
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Addition to page on SRAM G8 and G9 hubs
John has added some owner comments to the page on SRAM G8 and G9 internal-gear hubs. Opinions are generally very positive.
