Xtracycle+Ti+Rohloff-Advice please

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Xtracycle+Ti+Rohloff-Advice please

20 posts & 6 voices | Started 1 year ago by flamejob | Latest reply from emaroid

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flamejob - Member

I'm want to Xtracycle my custom Ro-Ti cruiser (AKA Flameboy) and seeing that the frame is specifically designed for my Rohloff I want to iron out any foreseeable problems? I read stuff about the calliper mount being a 205 for a 165 rotor and stuff like that so need advice from extracyclists and maybe anyone else who could spot issues.

Now I live in Zurich I am pretty confident that I can commute on it and lock it up outside my office (believe it or not!)

Here are the 'oily bits'

PB010046

I'll change the brake to a deore or something, but don't really want to change the rotor unless I have to.

Posted 1 year ago #
Stoner - Member

hi fj.

I think if youre going to 'hoff and xtracycle, you might need to use the torque arm because the mount is in an odd position. You need a 165 mount for a 205 rotor which means the axle is too far away from the speedbone...I think

Posted 1 year ago #
flamejob - Member

OOhh.. I get ya!

What a pain in the bum. That means I need the torque arm (might still have it somewhere), and a new big rotor and some new brakes.

My first reaction was - I'll just stick some V-brakes on it. Then I remembered the rims...Dooh!
This is going to get expensive.

Where did you get your kit? Hummuch etc.

Posted 1 year ago #
Stoner - Member

Xtracycle from practical cycles.

wheels off classifieds

had some LX calipers lying around so got some cheap sub-deore levers off ebay and fitted hydro hose off the reel.

Avid 205mm rotor - weighs a ton, but weight not really a problem.

My rohloff goes in my Ti29er when it's not SS. I use a bodged speedbone of my own design as a torque arm. I also have the torque arm, but Im afraid whilst its surplus to requirement now, I may need it in the future so cant offer it to you much as Id love to be able to.

Posted 1 year ago #
flamejob - Member

Ooh that's really neat.
I would have included a torque nipple* on my frame's drawing, but I had never seen a Rohloff before I drew it

I might just order the kit and go from there. That disk business is a pain the the rear though.

*Thats what I am calling it!

Posted 1 year ago #
Stoner - Member

it is for a hoff.

theres a thread lingering around at the moment with some stuff on custom hoff rotors. midlantrailquestgraham has recently posted on it I think

EDIT when I first had mine I didnt have a rotor for it because SJS were out of stock. But I went riding on it anyway.... Y Das decent (brecon beacons) on Carbon rigid and only a front brake dumb or what?

Posted 1 year ago #
MidlandTrailquestsGraham - Member

This one http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rohloff-rotor-options although I don't think there's much there relevant to this question.

Posted 1 year ago #
Stoner - Member

well a 205mm hoff rotor has to be a custom one no?

Posted 1 year ago #
flamejob - Member

Ta for that Graham
It's a massive irk that you need such a massive rotor on there. For normal hubs it's a slight inconvenience, but for us it's a big PITA

Posted 1 year ago #
MidlandTrailquestsGraham - Member

I don't know if you could really call it custom.
I guess SJS just got Hope to make a batch for them for tandem use. I've not seen anything like it anywhere else.

Posted 1 year ago #
trail_rat - Member

do you need a floater ?

when my lbs phoned hope they said they would make a standard rotor in any size i wanted

Posted 1 year ago #
lipseal - Member

I've used a monkey bone on mine instead of the speed bone, it's a lot neater.

http://www.cyclemonkey.com/monkey_bone.shtml

You will probably need to type it in as links don't seem to work from iPhone, well from mine anyway.

Posted 1 year ago #
flamejob - Member

Hey lips. I'll need a picture of that on your bike- there's a good chap

Posted 1 year ago #
lipseal - Member

Will do, sorry about the delay I've only just seen the last post. Will get photo on here tomorrow.

Posted 11 months ago #
flamejob - Member

Thanks, I'm still bauking at the idea of buying the kit and a whole brake setup. I paso have to figure out how to fit mudguards.

Posted 11 months ago #
lipseal - Member

Here you go flamejob, it gives you an idea how everything fit together.

Posted 11 months ago #
emaroid - Member

Monkeybones only come in 160mm or 180mm as I've just ordered the 180mm from head-for-the-hills cycle shop with free delivery. Seems to be the only place in the UK that sells them.

Posted 11 months ago #
lipseal - Member

emarold did you not try them direct?

Posted 11 months ago #
flamejob - Member

Oh.
It just occurred to me that these photos are kind of irrelevant to this thread because they are not on an extracycle.

I guess I will have to order the kit and bodge it myself!

Posted 11 months ago #
emaroid - Member

Did try direct and was told HFTH was the only place. Post office have managed to lose it so had to order another!

Posted 11 months ago #