Originally Posted by
Phaseshift
i do have a lot of stops, here in southern cal and most likely in san francisco too but im not too worried about san fran right now as i can always buy another bike if the one i choose here can't hack it out there. and i also like the disc brakes
so for an internal hub do i have to shift down before i get to the light? or i can just keep it in gear and then at the light start shifting up again?
oh then I would go with an internal hub. the brilliance of it is that you don't have to shift until you stop! and even if you forget to shift until you start riding again, just punch the gears down and they'll adjust almost immediately - no more "rough starts" where you're stuck in a high gear.