Originally Posted by
pastorbobnlnh
cudak888 But then I spotted this last night on CL which would provide just about everything I'd need for this build, including the possibility of a chain case.
https://nh.craigslist.org/bik/d/manc...260306871.html
While $299 is not cheap, I'm pretty certain by the time I add shifter, fenders, rack, basket, dynamo, lights, rims, spokes, etc., I'd be close. I can live with 6 instead of 7 or 8 speeds. Most of my freewheels only have 6.
Oh, now you're playing the Dockless Donor idea too - that Zagster used to be a shared bike.
Price isn't bad at all even as a donor, but two things:
1. Zagster ran both IGH and derailer bikes that look identical except for the drivetrain and chainguard vs. chaincase, so confirm with the seller.
2. Who makes a 6-speed IGH? Nobody.
Based on this picture - and it's not necessarily representative of the Zagsters being sold by that Craigslist seller; you never know what component substitutions were done between fleets or batches - it's running what looks like a Sturmey-Archer RX-RF5
5-speed hub. The Sturmey-Archer TSC-50/C-50 twist grip on the handlebar definitely supports this too.
Sturmey-Archer offers a HUGELY beefy vertical anti-rotation washer for these - the HMW534:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HMW534-0002...-/402188109800
Part of me thinks you'd still be better off with the Nexus 8, or the older Nexus 7 - which is still an excellent hub.
-Kurt