Upgrade your bike or tandem to a Rohloff Hub.

The Rohloff Speedhub is the most sophisticated gearing system ever made for bicycles. 14 equally-spaced gears are operated by one twistgrip - no overlapping ratios, and the gear range is as wide as a 27-speed derailleur system.

The Speedhub is much more efficient than other hub gears - lots of high-precision bearings run in an oil bath for very long life and low drag. The Rohloff should never need maintenance. Only oil changes every year or 5000km.

Each gear has an equally spaced 13.6% increase to provide a wide range of gears (526%) comparable to a 27-speed derailleur system but with the advantage of no cross-over gears.

GEAR RANGE COMPARISION

The right gear system plays a very important role in making bike riding fun. The difference between the largest and the smallest gears (range of gears) and the size of the increases between them play a large part in deciding which riding situation the gear system has been tailored to (e.g. High speed racing). The size of the increases between gears will decide how smoothly the flow is from gear to gear. Tuning the range of gears, the number of gears and the increases between each of these gears will eventually define the riding fun. The shifting between gears in all riding situations (including whilst stationary) must then be made as light and intuitive as possible in order to maximize the riding fun.
 
If the range of gears lies over 500% and the increase between these gears lies under 15% but remains evenly spaced out, then the sports rider (as well as the hobby rider) has the ability to change gears at the precise moment when needed, regardless of the current riding conditions and without changing the comfortable crank rotation speed. This is only possible with the high performance hub Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14. 
The diagram below shows a comparison between a 27-speed derailleur gear system and the Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14. There is no difference between the range of gears and the range of effective gears. Next to this is the optimum, evenly increased speeds of the Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14. Impossible for the derailleur gear system is the shifting speed and the possibility of shifting through all gears with just one shifter whilst stationary or whilst pedaling. Just like the derailleur system, the range of gears can be tailored to the riders individual wishes whether that be for a faster or a slower riding style. 

Pricing

Disc Brake Hub £995.00
Non-Disc Brake Hub £870.00

Extras
Click box for better sealed easy to remove cabling £100.00
Quick release £0.00 Solid Axle -£30.00
Front Chainguide for full suspension bikes £30.00
Colour of Hub Silver £0.00 Red £30.00 Black £30.00

Rohloff hubs can be a little confusing, please contact us if you need help

We can build the hub into the rim of your choice.