New Sturmey ASC

(might be a repost?) but this is quite exciting, in a weirdly moist kind of way; and check it out, anodized with laser etching; well fuck me slowly with a chainsaw.

The first batch of prototype Fixed Gear 3 speeds is finished. The new hub will be called the S3X. The hub will be made using a much stronger aluminum hubshell. Overall gear range will be 160%.

• 1st Gear -37.5%
  
• 2nd Gear - -25%
  
• 3rd Gear - Direct Drive
  
• Gear step gear 1 to gear 2: 20%
  
• Gear step gear two to gear 3: 33%
  
  

Shifters are still up in the air but we have had many requests for a bar end style shifter. Also we are still planning on the possibility of doing some anodized colors with laser etching instead of screen printed graphics. Please comment on what you would like to see in the way of shifters or color choices.

oh yes, fuckin yes yes yes yes!

bet it costs a shit load though...

very tempting..

This is wierd, i was just thinkin on my way home, i wonder if there is a fixed hub gear.

maybe you control the universe

i knew you'd say that

you made me say it

This is wierd, i was just thinkin on my way home, i wonder if there is a fixed hub gear.

you see, there always was one, but they tended to go for silly money on the ebay. ask fruitbat, he's old enough to have bought one when they first came out.

in fact, i think beryl burton gave it to him in exchange for a quick reacharound on todmorden common.

Out of interest, would there be a possibility of specific dropouts like on Rohloff's so you dont need the sticky out arm job to keep it stable?

no.

it could only be made better if it had the gear shiffter in the bb :)

Looks good will be interested to hear reviews.

^how would you reach it?

take your right hand off the bars, put it in your mouth and down your throat until it comes out your anus, then track down the seatpost until you can reach the lever.

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread1668.html

ha, rakan, you clever chap, i remember that thread but was too damn lazy to search for it. if i had done, i would have found the OP i thought was there. chapeau.

you see, there always was one, but they tended to go for silly money on the ebay. ask fruitbat, he's old enough to have bought one when they first came out.

in fact, i think beryl burton gave it to him in exchange for a quick reacharound on todmorden common.

Oi, I represent that comment. Actually I'm not (quite) that old and, to the best of my knowledge, I don't think beryl and I ever even touched each other. I do confess to going round her house on many occasions.

My ASC is now built up into a NOS 27" MA40 and I'm sorting out the other bits for the Holdsworth. Should be on the road before the end of the year

Could be interesting to combine it with this?

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread10036.html

Hmmm. 6-speed fixed? Dunno. Too much fannying about, if you ask me. 3 speeds means you can get up hills and down the other side. Do you want to spend all your time shifting or just ride the damned thing?

you see, there always was one, but they tended to go for silly money on the ebay. ask fruitbat, he's old enough to have bought one when they first came out.

in fact, i think beryl burton gave it to him in exchange for a quick reacharound on todmorden common.

No it was Reg Harris, and no reacharound.