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I bet that's well good at wheelies
I like this - you could make big jumps in ratio when stationary.
Info from Canyon [url= http://www.canyon.com/_en/eurobike2010/mtb2011/project-144.html ] here[/url]
Looks promising whether combined with a dérailleur or a single sprocket for those who have the mind of a single speeder but not the legs. Bikes look much nicer with no front shifter and a single chainring as well.
The component spec was suitably lightweight, including a DT Swiss fork, Syntace bar and stem, Formula R1 brakes (with a 180mm front rotor!), Schwalbe tyres, a Tune front hub and DT Swiss carbon rims, all topped with Canyon's remarkably cushy VCLS seatpost.
That and a €1000 set of 400g cranks. Wonder what the whole bike weighs.
Carbon fibre THM-Carbones Clavicula cranks help keep the weight down to 8.4kg
I was expecting to see someone changing gear by pulling the chain over the rings with an armoured glove 😆
Bugger, missed that!
Edit: aah, it's a caption to a photo, that's not playing the game.
So... 18.5lbs, considering the internal hub weighs about the same as an XT transmission, by their own reckoning, that would suggest it would be a sub-18lb bike with proper XX gears on it, interesting, but it solves a non-existant problem IMO.
Can I be the guy who asks the most obvious question.
Who needs 30 gears?
SRAM did/do a 3speed one IIRC? Which someone was selling on ebay as part of a 81speed (9*3*3) bike!
Who needs 30 gears?
Who indeed. I would much prefer 40.
but it solves a non-existant problem IMO.
Tell that to Andy Schleck!
shit loads of weight where you don't want it.
i'll wait till there's a Rohloff/Alfine that doubles as a bottom bracket. that way all the weight is central and it leaves you with a nice, light, flickable rear end.