daven1986

I've started watching "The man who cycled around the world" and the rider (Mark Beaumont) chose a rohloff hub which used non-standard length spokes which were cut to be the right size which therefore caused a weakened wheel - 2 broken spokes in 9 days.

But why would you choose an IGH instead of a dérailleur? The way I look at it is, if a dérailleur breaks you can make it a singlespeed or get parts pretty much anywhere, but an IGH is very specialised. Also there isn't that much to go wrong on a dérailleur really (he still had a tensioner on his IGH).

I'd choose a dérailleur with high spoke count wheel, just wondering why this wouldn't be a good choice over an IGH.

Thanks

Daven