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I have an El Mariachi frame which I'm putting my rohloff hub into. As I already had a speedbone from the bike I've taken the rohloff from I was going to use that, but it doesn't fit properly due to the cowl around the upper caliper bolt.
So I could get the alternator dropout for Rohloff, but that's £70 and I'd have to get a different axle plate for the hub too.
Or I could get a Monkeybone adapter, which is basically just a modified brake adapter.
Has anyone got any experience of these various options? Is the rohloff alternator really worth the extra money?
Cheers
John
The Monkeybone is the best way to do it probably - I don't think I've used a Speedbone since the Monkeybone came out.
It fits like a normal brake adapter doesn't it? I remember looking at it years ago but you could only get it from some guy in the US, looks like Rohloff have taken it on now. Looks much neater.
Shame you're not my LBS!
I went the whole way and changed the drop out and axle plate and it works very well
But the monkeybone should be just fine and lots cheaper
Yip, it just replaces the normal IS-to-post adapter. I machined a few before they were readily available, it's a neater way of doing it than the Speedbone - though used to machine bits off them for some odd frames too.