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Hub gear

Hub Gear Road Bike Conversion - With pictures!

Thought I'd show off my new(ish) ride....

If anyone's been wondering, how could I make my hipster tastic fixed gear a bit more practical? Here's one option; add a hub gear!

The original frame was a Lemond Fillmore from 2008, with 120mm spacing and track drop-outs.

As you can see, the hub gear is operated using one clamp-on cable stop, and a sturmey archer bar-end shifter mounted 'on the wrong way' (for left-handed shifting) with the gear cable almost completely housed. Other than that, one cable-tie on the down-tube, and a couple by the bottom bracket, and done!

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Sturmey Archer FCSX6 chainset

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£139.99

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Sturmey Archer FCSX chainset

Hub gears are back, folks: We've had anything from two to 11 speeds in the office in the last year and more and more manufacturers are speccing them. The FCSX chainset from Sturmey Archer is specifically designed to be paired with a hub gear and it's an excellent, if pricey, transmission option.

NuVinci: no gears, but all the gears you need?

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NuVinci CVT hub gear

Hub gears are big in the world of commuter bikes these days with everything from three to 14 speeds available. The benefits to the rider are straightforward: the chainline is simple and fixed, which means longer chain life and the ability to enclose the chain for even lower maintenance; and the gear mechanism itself is protected from the elements too, meaning there's less tinkering to be done there as well.