Re: Fixed Gear (Fixie) vs Single Speed Gearing

I've only had their ancient SW3. A buddy had the SX3 and loved it, had no
issues at all, but eventually changed to a Shimano Nexus 8, which I've also
owned in the past, and loved.

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Wendell Poole <[email protected]>wrote:

> Sturmey Archer makes a three speed fixed gear hub that has always
> fascinated
> me.  I haven't used one, but I hear-told it has a bit of play in the gear,
> like having a loose chain on normal fixed gear, and this can be very
> irritating to most riders.  The Sturmey Archer SX3.  Any one with
> experience
> in this?
>
> On Feb 7, 2011 9:11 AM, "Andy Goodell" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I've considered removing the pawl springs on the freewheel of a bike
> to see what happens. I liked the concept of fixed gear bikes, but with
> the hills here that's just not possible to pick a single gear and
> still be able to ride on flat roads. It would be neat to have a bike
> with all the gears, but still be able to control non-major speed
> adjustments just by changing cadence. For my racing and commuter
> bikes, this could theoretically work even on hills since I'm still
> pedaling at 30mph. Ultimately a type of clutch might be ideal so that
> I could choose whether or not to be freewheeling, but I'm not sure
> that currently exists.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Win Allred <winallred-/[email protected]> wrote:
> > At age 74, I grew up in ...
>
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