Jez Nemeth
Retro Guru
Ahhh! So not even 'bike Marmite'..more Heinz 'Green Ketchup'. What a hit!
They disappeared so fast from the shops I thought I'd imagined them...so not going Joe Biden after all.
Initially did seem like an interesting idea, I bought in, seem to remember they were really expensive...I wasn't totally convinced myself, kept checking for honest reviews (couldn't find one while they were still being plugged -then a couple of brave souls piped up that these might not be the cure for all humanity's problems/global warming etc...). There was another similar auto-hub at the time. Shimano/Scam?
An intuitive gear flip at 6 mph or so, another at 12...but you could open them up and bend springs to alter the changes to suit your riding?! -Sounded like a recipe for madness...no 'Undo' key when you've lost yer way with spring bending and testing.
Similarly I just know how predictive txt has fecked me over time and time again, particularly when I didn't even ask for its help with important messages - 'adjusting' words just before hitting the send button... remember commenting on LCC's degree show, which was superb that year -saying "this is really worth noting"...in a millisecond predictive txt had turned Noting, into 'Nothing'...went out to 100K people in an instant . .
There was a back peddlin brake version too? Came with two cog choices, heavy too.
Just noticed while looking for a pic of one there's new versions? 4 spd?
They disappeared so fast from the shops I thought I'd imagined them...so not going Joe Biden after all.
Initially did seem like an interesting idea, I bought in, seem to remember they were really expensive...I wasn't totally convinced myself, kept checking for honest reviews (couldn't find one while they were still being plugged -then a couple of brave souls piped up that these might not be the cure for all humanity's problems/global warming etc...). There was another similar auto-hub at the time. Shimano/Scam?
An intuitive gear flip at 6 mph or so, another at 12...but you could open them up and bend springs to alter the changes to suit your riding?! -Sounded like a recipe for madness...no 'Undo' key when you've lost yer way with spring bending and testing.
Similarly I just know how predictive txt has fecked me over time and time again, particularly when I didn't even ask for its help with important messages - 'adjusting' words just before hitting the send button... remember commenting on LCC's degree show, which was superb that year -saying "this is really worth noting"...in a millisecond predictive txt had turned Noting, into 'Nothing'...went out to 100K people in an instant . .
There was a back peddlin brake version too? Came with two cog choices, heavy too.
Just noticed while looking for a pic of one there's new versions? 4 spd?
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