Andre Riopel
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Cool. I’m at the other end of the spectrum with an affinity towards a fixie.
John Dowding
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When I was a youngster, almost all of us had 1-speed coaster brake bikes, and we all wanted what we called a "gearbike" (a 3-speed). Once I had one, I became insatiable for gears. That drove me, and the fact that to this day, I like to tinker with things. :-)
David Ellis
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This is certainly creative and pure genius ! The double cable guides give it away, but in a very elegant manner. Excellent engineering !
John Dowding
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Thanks David. I like to be creative when I build bikes. Do you remember a shop in Ottawa called Bicycle Revival? I worked there from 1982 till it closed in 1996.
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.