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  • July 16, 2010 at 11:25 am #12510
    DaveP

    Has anyone tried to retro-fit an Alfine hub to their singlespeed bike? What prat falls have you found?

    I’m seriously looking at the poss of fitting one to my S/S commuter.. Having looked on CRC and generally Googled there only appears to be the 8spd hub available atm, and with the fitting kit, shifter, disc, etc, it looks to be costing upwards of £200 ( plus wheel re-build ). Is this likely to drop when the 11spd is released? :B

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  • July 20, 2010 at 6:38 am #635971
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    DaveP

    Blue/Yellow washers for
    Blue/Yellow washers for vertical dropouts are what I need… my Globe 1 has sliding dropouts 🙂

    Sounding better and better!

    July 19, 2010 at 1:39 pm #635969
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    vorsprung

    DaveP wrote:Great! Found a

    DaveP wrote:
    Great! Found a place in Germany that do the Shimano WH-S501-V-8D rear 26″ wheel incl hub, fitting kit, sprocket, shifter and cable etc as a complete kit ( would just need a 160 centre-lock disc… ). Most UK dealers don’t have the fitting kit or a range of sprockets, etc etc

    Looks like a done deal. :-)

    You need the correct non turn washers to fit it
    Most fixed gear bikes have horizontal rear facing track ends which take the yellow/brown

    The kit I got from rose.de had blue/yellow washers for vertical dropouts. I think they assume you already have a chain tensioner in this case.

    I couldn’t find anywhere UK that did the fitting kit but since then planet-x/on one are marketing an alfine version of the pompino

    July 18, 2010 at 7:15 pm #635967
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    DaveP

    Great! Found a place in
    Great! Found a place in Germany that do the Shimano WH-S501-V-8D rear 26″ wheel incl hub, fitting kit, sprocket, shifter and cable etc as a complete kit ( would just need a 160 centre-lock disc… ). Most UK dealers don’t have the fitting kit or a range of sprockets, etc etc

    Looks like a done deal. 🙂

    July 18, 2010 at 6:46 am #635965
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    greennoodle

    Can confirm you don’t need s
    Can confirm you don’t need s cable stop. I’ve put one on a Genesis Day One with just zip ties and had no problems.

    July 16, 2010 at 4:09 pm #635963
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    DaveP

    Perfect!
    Perfect! B-)

    July 16, 2010 at 2:10 pm #635961
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    dave atkinson

    unless i’m mistaken, the
    unless i’m mistaken, the Alfine hub has its own cable stop so you can just run a single cable front to back and ziptie it on

    July 16, 2010 at 1:31 pm #635959
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    DaveP

    What about cable
    What about cable routing/stops..? Anything special?

    July 16, 2010 at 12:33 pm #635957
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    dave atkinson

    the 11spd is proving rather
    the 11spd is proving rather popular, so there probably won’t be any after-market units available this year. When they do drop i doubt it’ll affect the price of 8spd that much anyway.

    I haven’t tried retrofitting one but you have hz dropouts presumably on your s/s so it should slot in okay

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