View Single Post
Old 05-04-05, 08:26 PM
  #3  
Maelstrom 
Wood Licker
 
Maelstrom's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Whistler,BC
Posts: 16,966

Bikes: Trek Fuel EX 8 27.5 +, 2002 Transition Dirtbag, Kona Roast 2002

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 23 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts
a) in a second. I hate deraileurs, I am in the process of trying to get one, but its a pipe dream
b) gboxx and nicolai use the roholff hub centred on the bike to balance any weight issues
c) I know several people who use the hub and love it. Super T also made the switch, turning down sponsors, in order to run it. I don't know of many complaints, beyond home maintenance sucks if it breaks and it isn't efficient enough for some people.

Beyond roholf, if other companies could match the dh durability of one, I would again buy it in a second. MY biggest complaint of both shimano and sram is all movement and improvements they have made have been lateral. You are still always stuck with dangly bits on the back. That annoys me.

Shimano is (or was) rumoured to be making a dh internally geared hub, one can only hope. Competition can only drive down the price.
Maelstrom is offline