Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
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Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby damonik » Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:41 pm
Can anyone help me with pointing me towards any bikes that are sold with an internal hub, front disc brakes and come with the option of drop bars? i.e my dream commuting bike!
Cheers,
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby damhooligan » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:11 pm
I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but if you wanna buy your dream bike,damonik wrote:Hi there,
Can anyone help me with pointing me towards any bikes that are sold with an internal hub, front disc brakes and come with the option of drop bars? i.e my dream commuting bike!
Cheers,
Damo
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby Nobody » Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:30 pm
It is going to have a disc on the front, drop bars, but derailleur gearing as I'm not sold on hub gears. Although the frame I'm using (Surly Cross Check) can be used for hub gears.
From what I've seen so far, unless you are tall, you may be limited to cyclocross bikes. If you are tall, you could probably modify a single speed MTB with drop bars and hub gears*.
*The reason for this is MTB frames (especially 29ers) have longer top tubes than road/'cross bikes.
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby hiflange » Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:40 pm
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby Nobody » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:42 pm
Good find, but you forgot the most important bit:RobertFrith wrote:CoMotion Americano Rohloff comes with your feature set plus belt drive...
I think that is USD too. Very rich for a bike that is going to be ridden in the rain etc.Co-Motion wrote:Complete bicycle
Americano Rohloff complete $5031
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby Nobody » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:55 pm
Maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but at least you could afford them:damonik wrote:Hi there,
Can anyone help me with pointing me towards any bikes that are sold with an internal hub, front disc brakes and come with the option of drop bars? i.e my dream commuting bike!
Cheers,
Damo
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby Cinder » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:27 am
Plenty of flat bar option though, Scott Sub 10, Merida Spresso and the bad boy to name a few...
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby damonik » Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:14 pm
Mmmm, nice.RobertFrith wrote:CoMotion Americano Rohloff comes with your feature set plus belt drive
I'll see if I can refinance the house and buy that....
The search continues, I'd really like drop bars just for battling into the Perth seabreeze on the way home!
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby Kalgrm » Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:26 pm
Cheers,
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(Having said that, I did make sure I got discs for my recumbent bike so that I may swap them over for MTB wheels when touring. Nothing beats a 'bent into the Freo Doctor ... )
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby damonik » Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:54 pm
I'd like to stop riding my carbon bike with fairly aggressive geometry for my rides to work. With that, I'd like a bike that requires less maintenance, especially in winter (internal hub fits that bill)Kalgrm wrote:Why are the internal hub and disc brakes so important to you?
Disc brakes.. well that's an obvious one, I'd really like to try brakes that work in the wet
I'd going to have to try one of them one day, pretty sure I've seen you a few times riding up freeway south - Does look a lot easier during those gusty evenings homeNothing beats a 'bent into the Freo Doctor ... )
It's just a shame that my 'dream' commuter would cost USS$5100.
I've seen a few sites that sell bar end shifters for the Shimano range of internal hubs, a good option seems to be converting any of the widely available commuters (Merida, Kona, Giant) to a drop bar.
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby hoboct » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:40 am
If you aren't fussed about having integrated brake/shifting, you can get drop bar brake levers that are compatible with V-brake lever pull - in which case any MTB cable disc brake would work for you. Not quite sure how the shifter would fit then, you'd probably need the handlebar extension (mentioned below) similar to mounting the Rohloff shifter.
For a frame to hang it all on, you could use a disc-capable 700c hybrid frame with a chain tensioner. Or if you want to be fancy and have a very clean looking setup, try and find a frame with an EBB or sliding dropouts so you don't need a tensioner. Such frames do exist; outside of going custom, Kona made some a few years back.. older Kona Sutras, and the Kona Exponent frameset ring a bell.
You can also do it with a Rohloff, just the twist shifter at the end of the drop bar (there are little extensions available so it can be mounted there); and of course the hub is a lot more expensive.
There is a company in the US (Dynamic Bicycles) that puts the Alfine-integrated shifter drivetrain together, but they don't equip it with disc brakes.
link to Versa 8-speed shifter: http://www.sussex.com.tw/versa.html you can buy these at a few bike store websites.
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby hartleymartin » Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:00 pm
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Postby Runjikol » Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:05 pm
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby Nobody » Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:07 pm
About a third of the price.Runjikol wrote:How much cheaper are good V-brakes than say, Avid BB7's?
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby lang » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:12 pm
Hey Martin, what do you mean by "bar-con"? Do you mean like what's on that exy CoMotion bike above?hartleymartin wrote:I don't understand exactly why you would want disc brakes, when a good set of V-brakes and quality brake pads will do a similar job for much cheaper (and less maintenance). You can get an after-market STI lever or a bar-con shifter for Shimano Nexus-8 hubs. I'm eagerly awaiting Shimano's new 11-speed hub.
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby Nobody » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:17 pm
Bar end shifters. They are mounted on the bar end of drop bars and have a lever you move up and down.lang wrote:Hey Martin, what do you mean by "bar-con"? Do you mean like what's on that exy CoMotion bike above?
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby 18htan » Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:07 pm
Bad Boy 8
Also, maybe not the best for commuting... But I am in love with the Charge Mixer
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Re: Commuting bike with disc brakes and internal hub
Postby hartleymartin » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:23 pm
lang wrote:Hey Martin, what do you mean by "bar-con"? Do you mean like what's on that exy CoMotion bike above?hartleymartin wrote:I don't understand exactly why you would want disc brakes, when a good set of V-brakes and quality brake pads will do a similar job for much cheaper (and less maintenance). You can get an after-market STI lever or a bar-con shifter for Shimano Nexus-8 hubs. I'm eagerly awaiting Shimano's new 11-speed hub.
It's hard to see because it's the same colour as the bar-tape.
This is the Barcon (Bar-Control or Bar-End Shifter) on it's own.
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