CUBE Urban Concept Bike

November 21, 2007 in Urban Bikes
Tags: 8 Speed, bicycle, bike, concept, Cube, geared, hub, internally, urban

CUBE a german bicycle manufacturer released a Urban Bicycle Concept. The result of the coperation with the University Coburg/Germany (Productdesigner Gregor Dauth, Professor Gerhard Kampe) shows a 28″ wheel folding bike. Here are the main features of the concept: CUBE has a sportive bicycle portfolio. So the customers are focused on a sportive urban bicycl [...]

Shimano Alfine hub strips!

November 14, 2007 in Hubs & Parts
Tags: , 8, Alfine, efficiency, geared, gears, grease, hub, ideal, internally, lubrication, planetary, Shimano, speed

The Shimano Alfine hubstrip is online. The hub was part of a Downhill bike. I estimate that the hub was around 400km in use. All internal parts are greased with a white grease. Even the filigree ratchets which is very unusual. On a few pictures you´ll see metal dust on the white grease as a [...]

The sky was no limit… the F&S Torpedo AUTOMATIC hub

November 2, 2007 in Hubs & Parts
Tags: , automatic, F&S, Fichtel & Sachs, geared, getriebenaben, hubs, internally, nabenschaltung, Sachs, torpedo

Finally the Fichtel & Sachs Torpedo AUTOMATIC internally geared hub has reached the static page status! You don´t know why there is a Red and Blue version? Here is the answer…