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Old 28th July 2008, 17:22
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Originally Posted by halfmedley View Post
Has anyone with a Panasonic powered bike considered replacing the Shimano hub with a SRAM Dual Drive? Would that not re-create the range of gears similar to a triple front chainring? What would that do to the bikes' performance?
Yes, there are a number of owners with the SRAM DualDrive on Lafree bikes with the Xtracycle extension. It's better done that way since it gives a longer chainrun for the derailleur to work well without having to fight the idler on the Panasonic unit.

One owner I met reckons it's an ideal pairing, and William Morrison in the USA uses one of these outfits for his daily commute and runs at over 20 mph for quite a lot of the time.
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