thanks

Yeah sorry, 10mm TS.

“How does the wheel sit in the dropout currently?” It doesn’t. I did (recklessly) just bolt it tight to test the motor, but only rode a couple of hundred metres to avoid damage.

It came in it’s wheel on the back of a tandem. It was mounted to an odd, custom built mount with a plate (OEM) and a Rohloff SPEEDBONE.

The Rohloff axle is 9mm quick release (hollow axle) or 10mm bolt up (threaded axle). I’m not too sure how you’ll fit it into a 14mm dropout, but I presume that you’ll need to make an adapter to prevent it moving. How does the wheel sit in the dropout currently?

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My brake setup is Cane Creek Drop-V levers, stainless steel cables, Avid BB7 calipers, Avid front brake rotor, Rohloff rear brake rotor. The Rohloff brake rotor is great, don’t worry that you can’t find any reviews.

You’ll be fine using any 203mm rotors, but it could be nice to send the XT rotors back so that you can have a matching rotor set on your bike.

Thanks for that. So which brand of rotors do you use on your tandem (and with which lever/hydro/pads kit?

I’m not usually a top o the line big spender but I do want a bullet proof work horse and I particularly want this heavy workhorse to stop reliably. Unfortunately I hadn’t got to the bit about Rohloff being a 4 bolt disc mount, so when I saw a discounted Deore XT Ice Tech Set I bought it (and annoyingly I’d also seen a similarly discounted Magura kit – so if only I’d known).

Maybe I should be posing this question on a thread somewhere that is devoted to brakes but what I’m wondering is whether I’m going to get good braking results by using most of this Deore set (levers, hydraulics and steel pads – rather than resin) in combination with Magura Discs (or other), or whether I really should return those Deore, and get the Magura kit.

You’ll notice that I’m not mentioning the Rohloff discs (till now) which is because I’ve seen no reviews on those anywhere, good or bad.

Any thoughts?

Sometime in future, I might be tempted to have more holes added to my hub but I’m guessing that this would void the warrantee?

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Hi again Alee,


I lucked out and ended up with a ten year old Rohloff that had just 5 years of moderate use so it’s really just been worn in nicely. Unfortunately it’s only a 32 hole hub so I don’t know how much of load it will carry but it is built into a 26” wheel so I’m guessing that the shorter spokes will mean less spoke problems than on a 700 wheel. It’s a 26 x 1.75” Welded Rhyno Lite Sun Rim in excellent condition, so it will do for now, while I trial the set up. Now I have to work out how to mount the hub on the Yuba.

The Rohloff axle is 12mm (yeah?) but the drop outs on the Yuba are 14mm and while I’ve seen some dodgy fixes for that (like this one here: https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=86955&p=1271186&hilit=Yuba+Mundo#p1271186) I haven’t found a good work around. Especially, given the need to fit in the appropriate plate and the Monkeybone/Speedbone (which I’m not across yet). I don’t suppose you have any suggestions?

There’s no issue with 203mm compatibility. I use them on my tandem. Just make sure your Yuba frame has the clearance at the chainstay/seatstay for the larger diameter rotor.