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They should make derailleur hangers in the shape of a bottle opener, everyone would carry a spare.
ACL and PCL, Evolutionary cable ties
I call it this emotion plebbed. I picked this word as it isn't a word in the dictionary and i want to claim it lol.
Do it Wal!Tell us if a commuter hub is up to offroad scallywaggery
I'm a 245 lb rider (plus work clothes) and have put about 350 miles on a Felt X-City 1 with the Alfine disc hub.The good parts: Shift standing still or in the middle of "emergency" braking-- I can fire off four downshifts in 1.5 seconds as I'm slowing down and ride off sideways without falling over.You're coasting, but when you start to pedal the gears engage very quickly, maybe 1/12 of a revolution. Much quicker than my XTR.Gear 5 is direct. I'm a high-cadence, knee-saving, I'll-get-there-when-I-get-there kind of rider, but sometimes you want to stand up and blow away a hill. Gear 5's like a fixie.The high gears shifting. When you crest a hill doing about a 60 cadence in 5th gear, you can upshift once per pedal revolution as your cadence increases and often you won't feel the shift. If you stop pedaling, you can hear what's going on around you because there's no clicking.Chain will never jump. I've had a chain jump in the middle of an intersection taking a left turn in traffic and it really pisses off the cars to watch someone hobby-horse a bike to safety after taking their lane.Almost no dish should help wheel durability.Downsides:Gear range. I want a lower granny gear but I like where gear 5 is for cruising so I won't swap a chainring or cog. Gear spread. I don't use a cycle computer, but I almost always feel like I'm spinning too fast with too little power when I am climbing in gears 1-5. Upshifting would put my cadence too low for comfort.Noises and feel: I test rode the Trek SoHo and the Alfine hub was extremely quiet. Mine seems different. The low gears make running sounds. Downshifting under load sometimes makes a gear run with sound until you let up. You would think 5 (direct) would be silent and lack vibration, but strangely enough, it feels like minor stuff is loose, like it wants to shift. Gear 6 isn't direct but feels better (through the pedals). I also noticed a jelly-gear effect starting up in higher gears but it doesn't matter because I almost always start in gear 1.Mass: I could just be the stout frame, lack of click-in pedals, my overall weight and lack of technique, but the rear wheel seems to really smack into rather than float over obstacles (using 35mm tire vs. the stock 38mm).Overall--I love it. I plan to do the hubstripping.com oil bath some day. If I had the cash, I'd pick up an iMotion 9 for comparison. I would buy it again
Oh yeah you can use thye Nexus twist shifter with it if you want, I know youre a fan Wal
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