[Closed] Rohloff on a Fargo? and a couple of Q's.

ton

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would a rohloff disc hub fir on a salsa fargo frame.

and if it did, what is the smallest chainring (for hill climbing) that you could use.

thanks if anyone replies to this.

Posted : 21/01/2013 9:06 pm

alaric

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Don't know the specifics of the Fargo frame, but from the Rohloff site:

Smallest permittable sprocket ratios

The sprocket ratio on the Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14 (e.g. 42/16) converts the slow rotational speed at the crank into a fast rotational speed at the sprocket and reduces the input torque for the Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14 in the same proportion. To prevent overstraining the hub, a minimum sprocket ratio of 2.35 must be used. With the available sprockets these minimum ratios are achieved by: 40/17, 38/16, 36/15 and 32/13. This resembles a derailleur transmission of 22/34. Larger chainrings can be used without exceptions.

Posted : 21/01/2013 9:34 pm