threebikesmcginty
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So they're heavy, look weird and a problem if you get a puncture on the rear.
Me?
So they're heavy, look weird and a problem if you get a puncture on the rear.
I've a mixture(hub & derailluer gears) on one bike.
So they're heavy - only if you're planning on carrying it everywhere, look weird no, smooth clean lines and no mud or clattering chainlines and a problem if you get a puncture on the rear not at all, I can change a rear puncture on my Alfine bike in the same time as unhitching a rim braked derailleur bike, either with or withoutunhooking the one single nut it takes to disengage the gear cableremoving the rear wheel totally. Thanks but I'll stick to a normal road bike for all riding - Winter commuting or otherwise![]()
Bikes don't need as many gears as you tell us. My single speed bike.... And so on.Bikes don't need to have as many gears as the marketing men tell us. Hub gears work well in practice and if anyone wants to laugh at my Sturmey 3 speed equipped road bike, they are welcome, I'm not the one who needs a rigorous chain cleaning regime in the winter and my 1/8" chain will outlast any ten speed chain several times over.
I was riding along today, first outing on the Day One Alfine in ages, then what is described here in the video at 7 minutes in happened to me
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGks14goow0#t=412
I had to pedal 3 miles home in bottom gear, spinning out like crazy at about 8mph.
Kind of dented my enthusiasm for it. Hopefully it's as simple as the video says it is to fix.
I was thinking "I like that" then I looked at the price