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Sturmey Archer

Sturmey Archer FCSX6 chainset

Price:

£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.

Just in: Traitor Luggernaut

Lugged steel and 3-speed hubs: welcome to the now!

Sturmey Archer S2 kickshift hub gear

Price:

£64.99

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Sturmey Archer S2 kickshift hub

Sturmey's S2 kickshift hub didn't fare so well when it first hit the shelves in the 1960s, but 50-odd years on it makes a lot of sense for anyone that likes the clean lines of a singlespeed but secretly wishes the hills weren't so hard. And it's cheaper than many standard track hubs.

My bike what I built

I've never done a restoration build before but when we pulled an old (1985?) Raleigh Sirocco out of the the bike shed at work, and my mind was full of visions of building a kickshift bike after the fun I'd had on the Marin Ignacio, the scene was set.