[Yak] Arai for 3x7 twosday

[John S. Allen]

At 02:13 PM 5/13/2009, Walter Lapchynski wrote:

>You should email service at bikefriday.com and discuss the options.  We
>can cut threads on the shell for a small fee, though it will require
>cutting the hub out of the wheel (and, then, in turn, rebuilding the
>wheel).

Or maybe someone would buy your rear wheel and you could buy another 
with the threads cut on it?

>Another option to consider is having a new wheel for the
>front built with a drag brake there.  Heck, you might even poke around
>locally and see if you can get a Sturmey-Archer.

No Sturmey-Archer drum brake I've seen has the heat dissipation a 
tandem drag brake Ought to have. do you know of a new and different one?

A disc brake used only as a drag brake (use the rim brake for abrupt 
stops) would be OK on a front wheel, though the rear wheel is 
preferable. I wonder how it would affect packing the bike, though. 
Probably OK with the disc upwards, though it could require moving the 
crush protector.

John S. Allen

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