Any HammerSchmidt experience (or similar)?

Chalky76

The new bike I am eyeing up is HammerSchmidt compatible but I've not spoken to anyone / seen it in action and wondered if anyone here had it on their bike or had demo'd something with it on?

A friend of mine has put a Shimano Alfine hub on his Cove, and despite sometimes wishing he had an extra gear either side of the 7 he has, is happy with it's lack of maintenance requirements and ability to change gears whilst cranking hard or not at all.

I know the Rohloff is a more expensive option than the Shimano (and I'm guessing better), but if the HammerScmidt is a lot better then maybe it's worth the investment?

Any comments welcome

Thanks

lawman

i rode a marin attack trial for 2 days earlier in the year and other than finding it abit to pedal, mainly cos i dont have a shock pump, i thought the hammerschmidt it self was awesome, super quick shifts either way, great ground cleareance and it should be maitenacne free, i did find the over drive abit too high a ratio tho, it equates to 36t ring, normally i ride a 32

Anonymous

finding it a bit to pedal? what the hell does that mean?
Why did not having a shock pump, make the Hammershmidt awesome?

lawman

oh the marin felt abit soft ie had alot of pedal bob, the fact i thoguth the hammerschmidt was awesome had nothin to do with not having a shockpump, i would have just prefered the marin with slightly firmer suspension. sorry for the confusion

Anonymous

Ah, right.
There were a few critical words left out there!

I found the marin felt stupidly spongy straight from the shop, but once I set the sag to 30%, it feels nice and taught, but still plush. Hard to describe!
When it came from the shop, it had close to 50% sag, and that WAS way too soft!

robertpb

Sorry Lawman 'thoguth' is that Norse or was it suppose to be 'thought'.

Or is my dyslexia getting the better of me

delcol

my brother has a knolly dt with hammerschmidt on it..

it's amazing super fast shifts sometimes to fast. excellent clearence you can choose between 22 32 or 24 38.. i think..
i rode it a few time it's mad how instant it shifts pedal forwards backwards or don't pedal it still shifts..

robertpb

The hammerschmidt comes with either a 22 or 24 chainring with 1:1 or 1:1.6 drive, giving roughly 22-36 or 24-38.