velosteel

Warning, this text is for single gear bicycle Mania, maybe it is boring for others.

Not a fixed gear, not a hand break, only rear brake, it is a coaster brake.

If you do a search about coaster brake on youtube, you may find out this rap song MV, it is funny and i like it, though i need a front hand brake for life saving.

Let's talk about coaster brake, recently i only ride on a bike which equipped a shimano coaster brake hub. i would say, coaster brake rocks! and a shimano CB110 is a simple beast, easy to service , but not good looking... not handsome...em, not classic feel. also may drag if you do not adjust it well.

Ok, a handsome, classic feel coaster brake hub and with less drag, em, em, not so easy to find out. You can buy an old Fitchel & Sachs or Sturmey Archer, or, there has another choice-Buying a New One, A VeloSteel coaster brake hub, yes, a VeloSteel. wanna know more about it?! yes, The Velosteel is made in the Czech Republic, and people said it is a knock-off of the old Fitchel & Sachs Torpedo coaster brake hub of the 20th century. Velosteel is a roler clutch design CB Hub, and the roller clutch design was patented in 1904 by Sachs and has a long history of reliability. An individual hub, with reasonable maintenace was expected to last hundreds of thousands of kilometers! and give you less drag when pedaling and coasting compare with a cone clutch design CB hub(Shimano or other modern CB Hub).

So, yesterday i got two Velo hubs from Italy, hehe, right, not from Czech but Italy, anyway, first impression is...Heavy, good build quality, using a lot of stainless. but, needs lube... Factory only put a few grease and the quality is not good. so, this morning i just cleaned and repacked one velo Hub, well, with Dura-Ace Grease it moves much smoother and quieter than before.

After cleaning and repacking, now i need, mmm, a rim ^_^, i will build a wheel using this hub, so i need a rim, spokes, nipples and a wheel building stand and a spoke wrench, say, how about a velocity Deep V rim with Velosteel?! yes, it is getting more and more interesting, isn't it V^_^

(pic-Velosteel Coaster brake Hub)