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No, still standard 16” so can use all the normal accessories (rack/mudguards etc) Still wanted it to be compatible enough to Brompton stuff!
Overall night and day, but mainly cos of the disk brakes. It weights a fair bit more (or feels like it, which is the main thing). I’ve ridden my fathers more modern 2speed and the only difference I can really tell apart from the 2sp being a lot lighter to carry is that the braking is no way near as direct. Makes me wish for an n+1 of weight weenie disk Brompton which I think would be perfect.
8 over 11 as when I specced this a fair few years ago 11 speed still had a bit of a reputation of spunking oil everywhere and not being as reliable. And I have a couple of other 8 speed hubs which just work so it made sense for me. Baller move would be rohloff, but couldn’t justify it at the time.
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This is great, 18”? What’s your feedback on the conversion overall? And why 8 over 11?