In another thread I mentioned I wanted to pull my wheels apart for some painting. While I've got the wheel apart I am thinking about installing a Sturmey-Archer multi-speed hub.
My question is mainly about shifters. If I go with a 3 or 4 speed hub I would like to use one of the Schwinn or Suntour stick shifters. Are there any compatibility issues? As long as you use a 3 speed shifter with a 3 speed hub are you covered, or is there more to the story?
When I was a kid I briefly had a Schwinn with the SA 3 speed hub with the thumb shifter. As I remember I abused it fairly well and it held up. If I pick up a hub on eBay or something, should I figure it's going to be good... or should I figure on a rebuild? Are there specific questions I should ask to verify function?
Some great info I found is here: http://sheldonbrown.com/sturmey-archer.html
This is the kind of stuff I was considering:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1
or maybe
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1
or if money was no object:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1
My question is mainly about shifters. If I go with a 3 or 4 speed hub I would like to use one of the Schwinn or Suntour stick shifters. Are there any compatibility issues? As long as you use a 3 speed shifter with a 3 speed hub are you covered, or is there more to the story?
When I was a kid I briefly had a Schwinn with the SA 3 speed hub with the thumb shifter. As I remember I abused it fairly well and it held up. If I pick up a hub on eBay or something, should I figure it's going to be good... or should I figure on a rebuild? Are there specific questions I should ask to verify function?
Some great info I found is here: http://sheldonbrown.com/sturmey-archer.html
This is the kind of stuff I was considering:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1
or maybe
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1
or if money was no object:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1