http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Crank gears en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:52:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14220#post-177867 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:49:28 +0000 Darkerside 177867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But I'll bet it was lovely... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14220#post-177864 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:36:51 +0000 I were right about that saddle 177864@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They're very coy about the price in that 'if you need to ask you can't afford it' way. €4,896.40 for the model I built in the Konfigurator. </p> <p><a href="http://www.velo-ocean.de/toutterrain/konfigstart_tt.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.velo-ocean.de/toutterrain/konfigstart_tt.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14220#post-177861 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:48:05 +0000 Darkerside 177861@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What's that? You want the ultimate commuter and you've found a buyer for that surplus kidney?<br /> <a href="http://www.en.tout-terrain.de/bicycles/silkroad-xplore/" rel="nofollow">http://www.en.tout-terrain.de/bicycles/silkroad-xplore/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14220#post-177860 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:39:40 +0000 Chug 177860@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks neat, but with the gearing being at the front end, doesn't it spin up the chain/belt drive to quite a high speed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14220#post-177858 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:39:07 +0000 DaveC 177858@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This looks like a winter option for commuters who want maintainance free bikes with only the odd (annual??) belt change done at a LBS? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14220#post-177852 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:44:02 +0000 Arellcat 177852@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I understand from a touring bike review on <a href="http://www.idworx-bikes.de/images/presse/opinion/test_pinion-raeder_rt0115.pdf">idworx-bikes.de</a> that a 12-speed and two 9-speed gearboxes from Pinion are being introduced too, to make the technology more accessible to urban cyclists (rather than Pinion's target demographic of hardened tourers and mountain bikers). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14220#post-177851 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:36:22 +0000 algo 177851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>thanks Arrelcat - neat system…. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14220#post-177850 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:28:01 +0000 Arellcat 177850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>PinkBike has done one of the more in-depth reviews of the Pinion gearbox:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Pinion-Gearbox-First-Ride.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Pinion-Gearbox-First-Ride.html</a></p> <p>Just about everyone likes it, and internal drag is comparable with derailleurs. The shifter is dual cable, so like a Rohloff, and ratios are engaged sequentially by pawls projecting (or not) from the two shafts. The only gripe is that the cables enter from the top at the front end, so may be more prone than a Rohloff to accumulate crud thrown from the wheel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14220#post-177844 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:27:53 +0000 algo 177844@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It says it's 3x6 so I wondered too if it was 3 6 speed motorcycle sequential gearboxes - no technical data there really apart from ratios and no pics of the shifter so I'm just guessing…</p> <p>(edit: shifter is Rohloff rotating grip style - possibly indicating sequential) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14220#post-177840 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:17:31 +0000 I were right about that saddle 177840@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If I'm not much mistaken that's essentially a miniature motorcycle gearbox. Lovely idea. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14220#post-177839 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:12:39 +0000 algo 177839@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I know there have been some predecessors (Schlumpf etc), but the gear ratio picture looks quite impressive - equally spaced 18 gears with better range than a Rohloff - 2.7 kilos is a kilo heavier and it's not going to win any beauty awards but it seems pretty impressive… </p> <p><a href="http://pinion.eu/p1-18-getriebe/" rel="nofollow">http://pinion.eu/p1-18-getriebe/</a></p> <p>(don't think this has been posted before) </p>