The Legitimiser
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Southampton, UK
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Bikes: Gazelle Trim Trophy, EG Bates Track Bike, HR Bates Cantiflex bike, Nigel Dean fixed gear conversion, Raleigh Royal, Falcon Westminster.
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If you're fitting an Alfine, you will NOT have a problem getting low enough gearing. The thing which puts most of us off the Shimano hubs is that on a small wheeled bike, you can't get a HIGH enough gear without having an enormous and hard to find chainring. With a relatively standard sized chainring, an Alfine Brompton will probably climb a wall.