Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => The Knowledge => Topic started by: Polar Bear on 04 April, 2024, 03:12:00 pm
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I bumped into a lovely old gentleman who is still cycling in his eighties. He came across some "scrap" wheels recently and he says that the rear appears to be a Sturmey Archer hub with a sprocket on each side.
Anybody come across these?
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yes, on ebay..
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372644473735?var=641416831808
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Flip flop hubs are fairly common, but I had no idea that Sturmey Archer made them (or that Sturmey Archer was still in business, for that matter). At any rate, they seem to still be in production: https://www.sturmey-archer.com/en/products/rear-hubs
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The brand was bought by a Taiwanese company a while back. Production of hubs is now in the far east, not Nottingham.
A flip-flop 3 speed hub would be something!
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Sunrace bought the remains of SA when they went bust more than two decades ago. Quality went up, mostly because the wornout machinery shipped to Taiwan was quickly replaced.
I have never heard of a flipflop 3sp hub but SA hubs used as a mid-drive in tricycle have had a cog bolted to the LH flange for the final drive.
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Quality went up but design went down!
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I've never heard of a flip flop 3 speed hub either but that's what came into my mind when I read the thread title. Somewhat disappointed to see that it was just a common or garden single speed flip flop hub ::-)