r/Rohloff

Hey all. I've been rolling on a Rohloff since around 2017. Started it on a Soma Wolverine frameset, but moved it to another frameset later on.

With Salsa bikes no longer supporting Rohloff axle plates as of Alternator 2.0, I am wondering....if I wanted to build up a rohloff rig for my wife, what AFFORDABLE, mass production framesets are still rohloff-compatible without needing the chain tensioner? Maybe one or two Surly's? Some Somas?

And with Cyclemonkey gone, is there another source for the Monkeybone? Or do we need to use Rohloff's ugly tension arm?

I don't even know what Through Axle is, but I guess that's another layer to learn. I built my bike on quick release but apparently that's obsolete now lol.

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?

Building a cost-effective Rohloff-equipped bike in the US in 2026?

THIS is a SUV imo / Rohloff with Thumbshifters

What percentage of Rohloff owners are still interested in belt drive?