Brillance

Have done a little more on the bike lately and now have the pedals on. 


I have been getting some items made locally here in Kolkata by a trademan who has a little engineering business hidden away in a back lane just a short walk from home.
I am blown away by how cost effective it is to get him to make things. I got him to machine down a sprocket for me the other day, something that would have cost $60-70 but here it cost me 150 rupees, yep that is a total of $3.55 ......amazing !


Today just want to pay tribute to some amazing German engineering. I was fortunate enough to purchase a second hand Rohloff gear hub for my bike. I managed to purchase it in Canada and then get it shipped to Tennessee, USA in time for a team to bring it over here to India.
This is a hub is the internal part of the rear wheel and has 14 gears, it is quite a piece of engineering, I am told they are indestructible and can handle the power I intend to put through it.
It means I do not need to have a de railer on the front or the back and suits the gearing I have chosen for the bike.