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“It needed some sort of almost proprietary threaded axle nuts though so that was a pita.”
Not ‘almost proprietary’ but ‘actually proprietary’. Both Fitchel & Sachs and Sturmey Archer were old enough companies that the concept of national or international thread standards is more recent than their founding.
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I used to have a 3 speed coaster hub that must have been from right around when they changed from Sachs to Sram, half the stuff was branded one way, the rest the other.
Best igh and best coaster brake I've used.
It needed some sort of almost proprietary threaded axle nuts though so that was a pita.