Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14 Compared With Derailleur Gears

02.06.2019
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Information about the Rohloff hub switching one extremely important difference between hubs and derailleurs is the fact that the hubs are encapsulated. As a result, the drive chain can be secured using a chain case before the weather extremely simple. The pinion as well as the chainring adapted permanently awarded each other. The missing chain slant, as is always the case with derailleur gears, the chain wear is eliminated with a hub gear fully. An advantage, those arising from it, is a much less wear of the chain. Hubs are also generally very low maintenance and they can be symmetrical einspeichen, which prevents spokes fractions on the rear wheel. Inside the hub, three switched in a row planetary gear work.

Shimano has published a competitor’s product in September 2010. Shimano has published a competitor’s product in September 2010. Due to the extremely high price of the Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14 hub gear, is that only Extreme mountain bikers and cyclists used – for normal “hobby cyclists” would be spending simply is not worth it. Maintenance of the Speedhub be if necessary (which is practically unnecessary), the manufacturer directly made by (and this fruhstens from a mileage of about hundred thousand km). There are many different versions of the Rohloff SPEEDHUB, so that they almost can be mounted on any bike. An online Configurator is deployed on Rohloff website, which can be used to determined the correct version in easiest way. There are many different versions of the Rohloff SPEEDHUB, so that they can be grown in principle to any kind of bicycle.

On the homepage of Rohloff deployed an online Configurator, with which it is possible to determine the correct versions in easiest way. The Rohloff Speedhub has an only insignificantly lower total weight as an ordinary derailleur system. For more precise information please visit the website of the company Rohloff. Heinz Friedmann

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