Rohloff Speedhubs have been around for many years, back to adverts in MBUK when we were just kids. As Custom Build material Rohloff Speedhubs were never really considered until a determined customer forced our hand. A Speedhub was fitted to an existing Kinesis Maxlite custom build and what seemed so complex was suddenly seen in a different light, Moonglu had broken their Rohloff duck.

Suddenly we'd done 3 builds with Rohloff Speedhubs, the Nicolai compatibility really drew customers and overnight Moonglu were considered Rohloff gurus. We won't consider ourselves gurus, Speedhubs are a dark art and aren't for everyone, but having ridden a few 'bedded in' hubs, there is something to be said for a singlespeed/rohloff specific frame set up with a Speedhub.

We're in double figures now, and at £900 a time, that's good going. We've fitted these hubs to a range of bikes including Nicolai Argon CCs, Helius CCs, Kona Explosifs, Sanderson Soloists and most recently full circle when our original hub was fitted to a Litespeed Ocoee. They all have their own issues, but non that aren't insurmountable.