2014 Recap

I've learned a ton about old internally geared hubs this year. For 2015 I think I will try to learn a little bit more about the newer IGHs on the market. Alfine, Nexus, Rohloff, and some of the newer Sturmey S3X stuff. Heck, Shimano even has an electronic shifting option for some of their IGHs now! I did their S-Tec training on that Di2 shifting but need to refresh myself on it.

Over the next few next days I'll be listing lots of small hub bits on eBay that are super hard to find. I will be listing some Normandy hub cones and nuts and some rare NOS Shimano 333 nuts, cones, and washers. I can't quite tell you what hubs the Shimano parts match but I have the part numbers and good descriptions. I think part of my purpose with this venture is to be a source for obsolete, yet pertinent, parts to keep an old machine humming. To me, that is more valuable than pocketing money. I just broke even this year, but it was sure fun and I made lots of folks happy.

Happy New Year