Pedal Knights Without A Stain And Without Fear - Bike Test On TV
"From time to time let the car be and ride your bike. That's fine with the environment and your health", says Johannes B. Kerner in his latest TV-show on Tuesday night at German Broadcast ZDF. The German "Stiftung Warentest" (International Consumers Research and Testing (ICRT)) with its representative Dr. Holger Brackemann, who was invited to the show, has tested some models of different size- and price grades at the beginning of the bike season. Together with the German comedian Wigald Boning, who likes sporting activities, Johannes B. Kerner has taken a close look at some of the tested bikes.
The top-model naturally was provided with a SPEEDHUB 500/14. Dr. Holger Brackemann explains only the high-tech gear hub Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14 can provide all 14 gears, which are really available. With a derailleur system there are 24 gears theoretically possible but only 14 real gears to choose. Whoever rides the biggest crank wheel in combination with the inner sprocket, expects too much of the chain, which undergoes much more strain and wear due to the extreme diagonal run. "The middle crank wheel should be used in combination with the middle sprocket", recommends the expert Brackemann. This will clearly reduce the number of the possible gears.
Link to ZDF article about the TV-show
Advantages of the Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14:
- The 14- gear high-tech gear hub is
- optimal for competitive sport
- comfortable for everyday use
- Well-tried in tandem use
- light running like the chain derailleur system
- with the effective gear number of a 27-gear derailleur system
- changes gears quicker and more secure than any other system
- regular steps between all gears with an high overall gear-range
- easy to handle with just one twist shifter
- adjustment and maintenance-free over thousands of km
- reliable functioning and a long life like a Swiss watch
- a worthy and low-priced drive for the active bicycle rider
- has an optimal weight/stability relation of approx. 120g per gear
- and an extreme stable back-wheel with 32 spokes, frame spacing 135 mm