On One Pompino owners...

Yes. Got a brand new frame and forks, was going to build it up as a commuter but not needed at the moment.

Mine's a Pompetamine

Ah appologies, lazy reading.

Andy, is it the V4? Colour? Price?
Thanks

That fork will be way too long for a Pompino. It's a suspension-corrected 29er fork.

I am also (back) in the market for a XL Pompino, which will be the 5th Pompino I've owned in the last fifteen years. I should stop selling them. If the new version has more tyre clearance I'd prefer one of those, though I do quite like that wishbone, so I wouldn't mind either way.

Since moving to Bristol my Pomp's gear ratio - already low at 44/18 - feels hard work up the hills. So I've ordered a Sturmey Archer SRF3 3 speed hub to be built up by SJS cycles, along with a bar end shifter. This isn't a mistake right, it's gonna work ok? I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing when it comes to hub gears.

Should be O.K. 3 speed hubs are a doodle to set up, also remember to stop pedalling before you changed gear (as you would push the clutch in a car).

You can make sure the 2nd gear have the gearing you want, as that's the direct drive.

Cheers, that's what I wanted to hear. Yeah I'm gonna start with an 18t cog so the direct drive should be the same 44/18 I'm used to. Was considering getting a 22t or thereabouts as well tho - that way I could have a set up with the same top end as I'm used to, an uphill gear and a massive hill/touring gear. Is that a bad idea - as the gear I would use the most wouldn't be direct drive?

You can thread a single freewheel onto an S3X, then you have direct drive in top gear and two lower gears using the planetary.

Ah, that's interesting. Too late for me as I've already ordered the SRF3 though. I thought the sturmey archers took a splined cog (those notch ones) not a threaded one though - is the fixed hub different?

The S3X takes Shimano HG pattern cassette sprockets, but the major diameter of the HG spline is 1.37" and Sturmey cut a thread on it to take a single freewheel

You can thread a single freewheel onto an S3X, then you have direct drive in top gear and two lower gears using the planetary.

I'm missing something.

If the middle gear on the hub is direct, how does adding a freewheel rather than a fixed cog mean that top gear will be direct?

I'm missing something.

You're missing that the mechanism of the S3X is not the same as the rest of the 3-speed hubs. The normal 3-speeds are direct in the middle gear, but the S3X is direct in top gear.

Ah ok, makes sense now (and kind of obvious once you point it out).

Not a bad idea, just internal hubs have this weird disconnected feel when not riding in the direct drive, I'd says stick to the 18t anyway as it's not like you're stuck with it after you fit it in.

I have pmed you.... @Jon.

Hi everyone!
I am looking for a pomp FS, I was considering buying new one, but my size (XL) is sold right now... There are lot of L sizes around there for sale.

Could you help me with proper size choice? I am 6′1.23″ (186cm) height and have around 2′11.63″ (90.5cm) inseam. I believed in XL, but right now I leaning toward L. :)

Or, maybe, one of you have a XL for sale right now? Preferably with carbon fork, but not necessary. :)

Strangely enough I am almost exactly the same height as you and went through the same choice a few days ago.

The V4 Pompinos do have slightly longer top tubes than the older iterations, so don't come up quite as small.

I went for a new large frame, I can make it fit the same as my 58cm geared cross bike with some spacers and a long stem pointing upwards, but I ride with a fair amount of drop.

http://www.bikegeo.net is good for working out how a new frame will work in relation to other bikes you've ridden. Not entirely sure about the accuracy of On-One's geometry charts though.

@Brameses may still have an XL too...

Hi guys this is my pompino

here with bigger tires

i know it's not an "usual" pompino, i wanted a cleaned look for this cheap frame so i shaved off evrything i can and mount a custom fork in max.
some pics of the wip and info : http://www.pedalroom.com/bike/on-one-pompino-alman-fork-26175

Looks superb.

What are the tyres in the second pic?

thank you!
the rear is a cheap city bike 35c tyre, the front is a old cheap city bike offroad tyre 35c :D
that setup was good for the winter, slow rides, mud and potholes.
but if i try to go a little faster i could feel every single extra gram of those heavy bastards

Already liked it on Pedalroom! had to look twice as I through it was a BMW V1 from the thumbnail

ehehe that is the look i wanted to achieve!

actually the geometry is very similar:

Having both I'd say the Brooklyn is more responsive but easily the two most similar bikes I've ever ridden

Also finally finished this in functional guise

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So following on from earlier Pompino / Sturmey Archer SRF-3 chat, I've now fitted it and from a quick ride round the block, it seems to be working. That was stressful though. Instructions hideously bad and it's such a 'black box' of mystery, I'm still afraid I've done it wrong and I'm going to break my expensive new wheel.

So can I check a few things with someone who knows what they're talking about... @edscoble @mdcc_tester

The tiny threads on that indicator rod are really meant to be the only thing the cable pulls on? Seems so fragile.

They supply a bunch of parts so you can fit it multiple different ways right? I have fitted it using the metal arm thing that sits on the axle to hold the cable rather than the chainstay clamp. And I haven't used the plastic pulley unit, or the big plastic guard thing? (Inexact terminology I know). They even seem to give you a choice of multiple different axle nuts. Makes it very confusing. Is there any reason to go one way over the over?