Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14 Conversion on Santa Cruz Blur LT

Rohloff SPEEDHUB equipped Santa Cruz Blur LT

We recently retrofitted this Santa Cruz Blur LT with a Rohloff SPEEDHUB 14-speed internal gear hub for a customer in Walnut Creek, CA.

Rohloff SPEEDHUB with Rohloff chain tensioner

Our customer rides with a group of buddies who use SPEEDHUBs but never felt the need to consider using one until he destroyed his derailleur system. Knowing that the drivetrain would need to be completely replaced, he borrowed a Rohloff-equipped bike from one of his riding partners to try out the gear hub. 

He tried it, liked it, and gave us a call. After talking about his riding style and past maintenance and replacement issues with a derailleur set-up, he opted for the high reliability and low maintenance offered by going with Rohloff. To learn more about the advantages this hub offers, check out our website.

We built a new wheel with a Rohloff SPEEDHUB laced to a Stans NoTubes Flow rim and installed the system on his bike. 

OEM2 axle plate on the SPEEDHUB held in place by a Monkey Bone brake adapter

Fox fork and shock offer 140mm of travel

Ergon GP1 grips with second-generation Rohloff grip shifter

  
Build details:

• Frame: Santa Cruz Blur LT  
• Fork: Fox Float RC2 Headset: Integrated 
• Stem: RaceFace Atlas AM 
• Handlebar: RaceFace Atlas AM 
• Shifter: Rohloff 
• Grips: Ergon GP1 
• Seatpost: Thomson Elite 
• Saddle: Ergon 
• Front Hub: DT Swiss 350 
• Rear hub: Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14 
• Spokes: Sapim Race 
• Nipples: Sapim Brass 
• Rims: Stans Flow rear, DT Swiss EX 5.1D 
• Tires: Kenda Nevegal 
• Cranks: Shimano LX 
• Bottom Bracket: Shimano 
• Chainring: RaceFace Single 
• Rear Sprocket: Rohloff 
• Chain: SRAM PC 971 
• Brakes & Levers: Avid Juicy 
• Rotors: Rohloff/Avid