Originally Posted by
youthcom
I can feel this on my new REI folder(Dahon) with a Nexus 7 (my 1st IGH experience). Not too much info from google, but this slip seems to be normal for this hub at least. The only thing that bothers me is you can hear a faint ratcheting on 6 & 7 when pedaling which is normal too I guess on this lower end IGH. The thing I'm not sure of is the "derailleur out of adjustment sound" in 5th gear. Does anyone have any incite into that?
Despite several people insisting that the Nexus and the Alfine hubs share exactly the same internals, it was my experience a year or two ago that the Nexus made that sound while the Alfine did not. I think it's "normal", and I don't know if it's anything other slightly annoying, but the Alfine doesn't do that.