Hi Everyone Like David Ellis, I also got my cycling start in the Sault in the 1960s, then moved to Ottawa for university. I started repairing, then building bikes at a very early age, and soon learned that I could add 2 cogs to a Sturmey Archer (SA) hub. I started building bikes with ridiculous numbers of gears after that, with one of my builds having 42 gears (7x2x3). I have a design for a bike with over 2500 unique gears, but that's a retirement project. The yellow bike in my profile photo uses an SA 5-speed hub with 2 cogs and 2 chainrings, giving it 20 speeds. In order to operate it, there are 4 shift levers! I'll be making further posts of other bikes I've built but for now, check out more photos of my profile bike. It's hard to see in these photos, but the paint job includes reflective beads in the top clear coat.
Hi Everyone
Like David Ellis, I also got my cycling start in the Sault in the 1960s, then moved to Ottawa for university. I started repairing, then building bikes at a very early age, and soon learned that I could add 2 cogs to a Sturmey Archer (SA) hub. I started building bikes with ridiculous numbers of gears after that, with one of my builds having 42 gears (7x2x3). I have a design for a bike with over 2500 unique gears, but that's a retirement project. The yellow bike in my profile photo uses an SA 5-speed hub with 2 cogs and 2 chainrings, giving it 20 speeds. In order to operate it, there are 4 shift levers! I'll be making further posts of other bikes I've built but for now, check out more photos of my profile bike. It's hard to see in these photos, but the paint job includes reflective beads in the top clear coat.