Do you own a Watt Wagon-useful information

[Ebiker33]

This was posted in another thread, I think it is very useful information for Watt Wagon owners

1. The Rohloff has 6 nylon shear -pins inside the hub which is designed to sacrificially prevent damage to the gears in the case of higher torque loads. This means the worst you are risking is a $100 repair job if you do “fry” your Rohloff. You will know when these nylon shears break loose because the Rohloff will spin uselessly without spinning the tire when the nylon pins break loose.
2. 11th gear is the straight through gear, in this gear you will not slip and it is the safest one to run high power through.
3. The lower the gear the more likely you are to break the nylon pins loose…so when riding with a lot of power stay up high. Be careful not to apply too much torque when climbing steep hills in low gear.

Keep your Rohloff safe

 

[pushkar]

Here is a video that illustrates how the hub is built.

The hub is rated for up to 250Nm of torque (say tandem bike, 2 riders), but needs to be geared right.

We would not not recommended applying throttle from dead stop. Give the rohloff a running start before you apply the throttle.

There is something more exciting here that will be out on a short video in a couple of weeks (how to deal with higher torque ratings).. but wanted to share what the current recommended method for throttle is.

 

[Feliz]

I can't help but wheelie nearly every time I leave a light.......it's just too easy and too much fun, I'm not recommending doing so but I've had no issues as yet and I have one of the early W/W. it's a habit I obtained, some would say a bad habit, from 60 years of riding, restoring, and racing motorcycles.