Re: Handcycle trike

On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 05:25:46PM -0500, Mark Garvey wrote:
> I am holding a handcycle for a friend who wants me to sell it for him. (no
> this is not a "for sale" item) In my "Exhaustive testing" of teh item, I
> havd discovered that, other than being a blast to ride, the SACHS (SRAM?)
> Super 7 hub seems to only have 2 gears. Happily the lower two. The shift
> lever doesn't seem to want to shift into tny of the higher gears. Anyone
> have any idea of how to fix this? It is a pretty cool beast. If I could
> afford the damned thing I would buy it myself! a multispeed derailleur would
> fit great on it Talk about a WONDERUL upper body workout!

It sounds like the pin assembly that goes into the end of the hub axle
is bent, rusted or dry.  The other possibility is the clickbox that
goes on the end of the axle is in need of maintenance.

I've got one of these with a coaster brake included on my winter bike
and I'm quite happy with it.

> mark

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