Comments on: Fixie-Killer: Sturmey Archer S2C

By: Charlie Quimby

Charlie Quimby — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:17:00 +0000

I had the Bendix Yellow Band on a Schwinn I bought with paper route money in 1960. I loved it and have lusted after another one ever since. Agree that it was easy to learn and use for anyone who’s ridden a coaster brake.

By: Flo

Flo — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:40:00 +0000

Would anybody know of a good youtube video showing how to use the S2C so we can send it to our customers ?

By: Jack Thurston

Jack Thurston — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:02:00 +0000

Too bad to hear about the hub failure, Mazarpurp. A few weeks ago I spoke to Ninon Asuni at Bicycle Workshop here in London and she said there had been problems with the Mark 1 hub but that Sturmey Archer have solved them with a Mark 2. It might well be worth your while going back to your SA dealer and asking whether they’d replace it. Presumably the failure was within less than a year of your purchase so it would be covered by a statutory guarantee. The might well be able to swap out the internals so you don’t even have to get the wheel rebuilt. Worth a try, a the very least.

By: Mazarpurp

Mazarpurp — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:16:00 +0000

The S2C is an inferior product. It failed with less than 1000 miles.

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By: Johnny

Johnny — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:55:24 +0000

Hey –

I wanted to update ya’ll

We are stocking S2C in the states and people are giving us good reviews of them:

http://coasties.com/products/2sc-two-speed-coaster-brake-hub

We build complete wheel sets with them too, but Spike the Penguin says he wants special Penguin-sized wheels so he can get his roll on, and if we can’t get his size wheels he will haunt us ;(

By: Johnny

Johnny — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:58:57 +0000

About a year ago I started Coasties – a Coaster Brake only wheel company.

Even though we are just now negotiating getting these hubs, there have been more and more and MORE requests for them.

-Johnny at Coasties

By: Cycle Show 2010: the pick of the crop | The Bike Show - a cycling radio show and podcast from Resonance FM

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:46:40 +0000

[...] budget. From the TS2, “the People’s Moulton”, features the new Sturmey Archer S2C hub (two speed kickback shifter with coaster brake) and optional belt-drive. A lot of technology for [...]

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:17:17 +0000

No mention of the Bendix Yellow Band and Blue Band 2- speed kickback units Schwinn used from 1960-69? My brother had one of the Blue Band ones, (1:1 plus 1-to-1.5 overdrive– the Yellow Band ones had a 1-to-.67 low gear plus 1:1). I always took his bike when I could, instead my single-speed. The overdrive was a lot less frenetic when you’re 13 and trying to pedal your way up to 60 mph.

Tom: It became second nature quickly, btw. The kickback motion for shifting was more of a bare-minimum “flick” of the ankles almost without interruption of leg-pedalling, while braking was a firm, sustained backpressure using both legs and ankles.

By: tom sherman

tom sherman — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:03:54 +0000

in a 2 speed i would want the direct drive gear that i use most of the time to be low & the other hi. i would not need a low to climb hill as i could use the momentum acquired from pedaling hi on the last hill

i can also use my hi gear to get better speed on the flats than if it was a low

By: tom sherman

tom sherman — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:27:43 +0000

i would rather have a cable control than kickback. i get confused
whether i am braking or shifting with a kb. further what is so hard in shifting especially with a two speed.? in fact it is fun to me. (y do people buy stick shifts). when you have a control cable the mechnaism in the hub is simplified

By: christian

christian — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:08:57 +0000

Does anyone know if the new gear from strumey is allready in production , and if we allready can purchase this gear hub? If not do you think the old S2C is available and any good?
I’m in process of ordering an old school bike and i am in dubio of ordering the nexus 3-speed with cables or should i wait for the 2 or 3 speed hub from sturmey without the cables?
thanks for the reply.

By: EN

EN — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:48:16 +0000

Jack:

Thanks for the sound clip.

Perhaps they are keeping it a bit hush on the message boards to build excitement around the product, as oppossed to not being fully committed?

I have the original F&S Torpedo Duomatic (42 years old) and it works like a charm after thousands of and thousands of miles. I use it on one of my city commuting bikes – often switching between 1:1 and 1:1.36 gears.

It is all anybody really needs in the city (unless you have to attack long and steep hills). No cables to ruin the aestetic. Everybody just assumes I am running a single speed coaster brake. They are simply amazed by the concept when I tell them.

Sturmey should do well with such a hub.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:27:00 +0000

@EN: I asked Alan Clarke, General Manager of Sturmey Archer Europe about the S2C, listen to what he had to say by clicking here.

By: EN

EN — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:33:11 +0000

From what I can see on the Sunrace-Sturmey Blog, they are simply refusing to answer questions about this suppposed S2C, which may mean they are not committed to bringing it to market – see http://sunrace-sturmeyarcher.blogspot.com/2009/09/interbike-2009.html where 3 pointed questions have gone unanswered.

I equally asked a question on that site and the question was never approved to be posted. I sent them an e-mail and no answer either.

By: Barrett

Barrett — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:01:10 +0000

I have a Torpedo Duomatic on a 70s Motobecane Grand Jubilé, and love it, but it’s s bit worn, and I’d love a replacement, which means either sourcing a NOS Sachs (Moulton supposedly has a few on offer) or wait and see what the new Sturmey is all about. Decisions!

- Barrett

By: Liam

Liam — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:38:23 +0000

Wow, I have a couple of duomatics, one on a Moulton Mk3 and for city riding nothing else beats them in terms of simplicity. Great news that Sturmey are introducing their own version, wonder if its any lighter than the duomatic, you would hope so.

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The Cycle Show 2009 - Page 2 - London Fixed-gear and Single-speed — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:06:35 +0000

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By: Mark Stonich

Mark Stonich — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:22:13 +0000

Anyone heard anything about a new closer ratio Sturmey 5 speed? I see that Pashley showed a 5 speed version of the Clubman at the London Show. I can’t imagine anyone wanting a sporting bike with the 5(W)s ratios. An S5M sure would be sweet.

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[...] Bike Show > Fixie-Killer: Sturmey Archer S2C via Fixie-Killer: Sturmey Archer S2C | The Bike Show – a cycling radio show and podcast from Reson…. The S2C is Sturmey’s modern version of the Fichtel & Sachs Torpedo Duomatic, a two-speed hub [...]