On One Pompino owners...

Finished rebuilding mine yesterday. 3 speed, rack, guards, brooks and knobbly tyres all added to make it more of an all rounder now I only have this and a road bike.

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Which hub and shifter have you gone for, and how are you finding it?

Looks ace btw

It is possible to put gears on it ? Damn. How?

I imagine an internal geared hub in this case.

Yes, but 120mm wide?

Aren't most of the SA 3 speeds 120mm?

Pretty sure the ones they use on Bromptons are spaced down to 110mm (although I may be incorrect).

Yes, but 120mm wide?

Sturmey Archer 3-speeds are available in various sub-120mm OLN dimensions which can easily be shimmed out to 120mm precisely, or you can just stick a 116-119mm one in a 120mm frame and tighten up the nuts.

Pretty sure the ones they use on Bromptons are spaced down to 110mm

Bromptons have an S-RF3, there's a stock variant which is 108mm OLN. Brompton might get theirs with thicker washers, or they might just let their users enjoy a clearance, rather than interference, fit when they are putting their wheel back in.

Oh it's really helpful for me as I want to put gears on my pompino. It's a pretty good all-road bike, but the lack of gears is slowing me down.
Any idea of which hub I could use for a bit of "off road" use? Nothing too rough, it's more like singletracks than rocks.

S-A in 115mm - 120mm or other brand would be nice.
I know I could get a kaffenback instead, but you know... "Do your best with what you have"

It's got an SRF 3 in the back, matching front hub as well. It's 117mm out the box, and they sell a range of spacers and lock washers to space them out, although my frame took 117 without even seeming to pull the frame in.

It's running 42/17, which gives me around 65GI, with a 75% low gear, and a 133% high. I use it for canal paths, single track, across fields, and the hub and gearing is fine with that.

My girlfriend bought a Pashley last year that came with a three speed hub, and when going out with her, the Pomp always felt over geared (I think it was 48/16 or so). It's really opened up the bike for me, especially with guards and a rack.

The shifter is one of these, with a full length outer cable held on with some stick on cable stops, down to a fulcrum clip on the seat stay.

The only thing I don't like about the bike is the Tektro/XT brake set up feels rubbish.

Tektro/XT brake set up feels rubbish

I noticed xt v's earlier, aren't the Pomps still best setup with mini-v 'cos of pull ratio?

^ they are. I've being facing up many issues on mine. No more problems since I put mini-V.

Would depend on the levers.

I was given the brakes when I built it, so bought the cheap levers to match. They are the Tektros for big v's. I'd like decent levers and some stopping power, whatever combination affords that.

That's odd that the v-brake versions of the Tektro don't marry up well. Maybe a bit of fetting with the v-brake set up?

What exactly is poor about the braking?

The brakes perform much in line with how I'd expect them to. It's more the feel of the levers and the way the cable moves that feels a bit crap.

So above pic road levers plus xt v's better with mini v's yeah? Are some road levers ok with some full v's? Is there a list?

I know someone with a similar braking predicament ya see...

^^ thread refresh fail. Do they feel spongy / unresponsive?

Most road levers will pull mini v amounts of cable but some are made for full size v's, as for which ones I'd probably ask Google, or someone will tell you which tektro ones are usually recommended.

Are some road levers ok with some full v's?

I don't think so. I can say definitively xt and 5700 levers together are less confidence inspiring than dragging your feet. They are the exact opposite of modulation -nothing, nothing, nothing and full lock.

There are some premium Tektro mini v s that are optimised for shimano / Sram / campag.

Are some road levers ok with some full v's? Is there a list?

@edscoble probably knows, the only ones I can think of off the top of my head are DiaCompe 287V (the clue is in the name)

This is pretty much what I'm looking at for my other half's bike. There are a few 120mm internal hubs.
Didn't the OLN spacing change after V1? I seem to remember they used to be 130mm @Khornight2?

Road lever for full size v's:
Tektro rl520
Cane Creek Drop V (same guts as above, nicer hood, twice the price)
Dia Compe 'tester mentioned

If you want to stick with STI levers you'll need to stick a travel agent on each brake or go for mini v or cantis (ewwww)

Ta for all the info folks, makes sense I think :)