Sturmey Archer Dyno Hub & Brake
Posted: 12 Feb 2008, 11:28am
Hi,
Got one of these for Christmas, much better than the old Shimano I was using esp. as the bearings were well past their best.
I was sat on the sea front yesterday and noticed the cable was loose at the hub lever so took out 6mm (1/4") with the hub adjuster. I think this is due to cable stretch (fitted new cables when I fitted the wheel), however it is possible that the cable could have jumped out of the housing and I would have been without a front brake when I need it most so beware.
I've done about 200 miles with this setup and the brake is nowhere near as effective as the V-Brakes I swapped out - the wheel rims don't wear though !!!. I was hoping the brake would have seltled down by now but it still seems too wishy washy for me (I certainly couldn't do the stoppies that I was able to do with the V-Brakes) and I'm considering changing the lever for something that will give a bit more well "leverage" - the current levers are for V brakes so may not be the best, before I do go this route, has anybody any experience of these hubs and their braking performance and can you still buy levers for flat bars that aren't for V brakes ?
D
Got one of these for Christmas, much better than the old Shimano I was using esp. as the bearings were well past their best.
I was sat on the sea front yesterday and noticed the cable was loose at the hub lever so took out 6mm (1/4") with the hub adjuster. I think this is due to cable stretch (fitted new cables when I fitted the wheel), however it is possible that the cable could have jumped out of the housing and I would have been without a front brake when I need it most so beware.
I've done about 200 miles with this setup and the brake is nowhere near as effective as the V-Brakes I swapped out - the wheel rims don't wear though !!!. I was hoping the brake would have seltled down by now but it still seems too wishy washy for me (I certainly couldn't do the stoppies that I was able to do with the V-Brakes) and I'm considering changing the lever for something that will give a bit more well "leverage" - the current levers are for V brakes so may not be the best, before I do go this route, has anybody any experience of these hubs and their braking performance and can you still buy levers for flat bars that aren't for V brakes ?
D