but yeah, always thought the frame mounted gearhub (with high pivot) was a great solution. off the shelf, readily available & (relatively) affordable hub with a good amount of positioning flexibility (at least compared to effigear / pinion). there's certainly a bit of extraneous weight associated with the hub shell, and shifting solutions are not all the most refined, but the basis of the layout - a compact gearhub core within somewhat standardized dimensions - seems like not a bad place to reboot gearbox bike evolution.
March 18, 2020, 4:46 p.m. - Perry Schebel
but yeah, always thought the frame mounted gearhub (with high pivot) was a great solution. off the shelf, readily available & (relatively) affordable hub with a good amount of positioning flexibility (at least compared to effigear / pinion). there's certainly a bit of extraneous weight associated with the hub shell, and shifting solutions are not all the most refined, but the basis of the layout - a compact gearhub core within somewhat standardized dimensions - seems like not a bad place to reboot gearbox bike evolution.