Two bikes that have one thing in common: both came with 7 speed HG hubs. Cassettes for those are hard to find, shifters are getting rare and 1x options do not exist. Throw away good hubs and re-lace? No! these … Continued
Or: A pair of two GT AllTerra converted from original 26 inches to 650B. Disc brakes make this possible. Resulting in another bike that combines classic GT looks with modern handling. In January 2020, a few months after my sons … Continued
This will be a three part series. In the first part, I’ll start with a bit of history to explain why drivetrains were 3x so long and show the most simple conversion. You might just skip history and head for … Continued
Well actually 18 months or so, and sorry for some blurry photos, I’ll improve this in future articles. Until a few years ago I haven’t been a friend of one-by drivetrains. Michael even warned me, that the wear of SRAM … Continued