Polo Bikes

I think I'll go for the stickers option again. If anyone haz left-overs, I will swap for beers.

When did you get your Pomp, J?

Tuesgay.
Too shiny for polo atm.

wanna swap it for a crate?

spoons cracks me up

wanna swap it for a crate?

A crate of what?

He's getting a wallop next time I see him... Funny little fucker... :]

whats with the beef?

Does anyone have a shimano nexus 3 speed hub for polo? I gather it has some mechs on the outside so I'm wondering how they'd stand up to polo. And what sort of shifters to go with it?

Some of my stuffs for sale would be good for polo.
33t crankset, 22t sproket, v brake levers, flat bars.
http://www.lfgss.com/thread62675.html

Flat bars are the new gear hubs/sans mallet... Sure you wanna lose those, Joni?

Ha, I got those the last time flat bars where the new whatevers.
Pretty sure they don't fit with me and my bike set up.
Having said that, I haven't tried...

I use a nexus 3speed hub, not for polo though...but on my "city" bike..when it works its' perfect! But..the 3 speeds and all other nexus gear hubs got a problem that interior parts break and then it's useless. It happened to my bike unexpected, drove on it for 3/4 years with NO problems at all and on 1 day..broke.

For the exterior parts there is a shifter cable (pin) going inside the hub, you can take that pin out without any screws so if that pin breaks off IN the hub, you got a problem. The left thing goes on the pin:

That's what I mean. Seems to be a fair bit sticking out and I guess drive side too. Potential to get trashed fairly quickly by the looks of it.

yes, drive side..if you can figure something out to protect it..otherwise an alfine would be a better suggestion..

alfine, or 7 or 8 speed nexus. I believe anything 3 speed has that chain thing coming out of the axle.

Arse, I only have access to the 3 speed.

Pretty sure Ali has a 3 speed on his pompetamine.

i think he has an alfine.

Do they come in 3 speed? If so, then probably.

no they don't, i just thought someone told me he had an alfine. could be wrong, he's back today though, so sure you'll see soon.

I had a go in Melburn, pretty sure it's a 3 speed.
We should have a 'tap in' welcome back for him!

Ali has an alfine (8s)

Ha, I guess I missed 5 gears.
#drinking beer in the sun.

So in summary, sturmey 3 speeds are no good for polo?

definitely. the indicator chain would get mashed pretty quickly.

sturmey do make an 8s hub which has a rotary gear selector (no bits that stick out from the frame), which would be cheaper than an alfine, probably around the same price range as nexus (though with a bigger gear range than alfine or nexus 8)

Ah, cheers Hassan.

I have disappoints.