THIS is a SUV imo / Rohloff with Thumbshifters
Hello Reddit, hello world, and maybe most importantly: hello cycling Fam!
Kinda new here, bit nervous but I'll just go for it:
I'm sharing this to do my part in spreading the word of (Gates) belt drive. It's valid!
Also this build has a solution to a niche problem, people work on for years already. I'm talking about shifting the Rohloff with a thumb-shifter interesting to many I assume...
Here is "The Tomnium / Tom the dank (no) engine", my lil sport utility vehicle and daily drive.
kk I'll stop now...
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Most important stuff:
Frame: Omnium Mini Max V3IR (Ti), size L
Drivetrain: (used) Rohloff Speedhub with Gates Belt Drive
Shifter: GEBLA Rohbox with "diy" thumb shifters made from dropper post levers. Downshift left. Okay and upshift? I can't mount two levers on one side which both work for shifting. (ergonomically, because I obviously also have top-seated dropper-lever on the left doing it's intended job. It works, but updates are necessary. Didn't say I have the best solution to this niche problem ;p The levers need a bigger transmission so the cables get stressed less and this system is a bit sensitive to cold, which means you have to loosen up the thumb-nut-thingy so the now shorter cables don't cause the system to block itself mid drive. Happend 2 times during the trip I'm about to mention.
Crankset: Hope Evo /w BOOST Spider because front/back beltline should be max. +/- 0.1 mm and after too much datasheet scrambling and math this seemed to be literally the only hope left.
Also drilled a hole in the seattube for that internal routed dropper setup utilizing the internal front-deraileur path. No way aroumd the bb internally sadly. This is awesome for offroad, sharing and stopping/starting with heavy loads.
Complete weight atm: just shy of 18 KG / ~39 lbs
AMA about more.
Finished this build last winter and have been taking myself on some awesome picnic-dates to the local mountains. The amount of freedom this bike has given me since then is bonkers. Just beeing able to pick up random materials and furniture I find on my daily routes, and of course the grocery hauling... Love it! Tom and I also just got back from my vacation, where I Bikepacked to Milano via the Alps, taking Simplon there and Spügl pass back. Rode everything and had the time of my Life.
But time on a bike is very rarely a bad one ey?