Originally Posted by
northernlights
the only thing worse than the noise is the weight of this hub. feels like pedaling with a lead weight attached to your wheel. and the gearing is too high. gears 5 thru 8 are practically useless. it desperately needs a lower gear range.
in a word, it sucks.
It sounds to me like you have your bike geared wrong.
The reason this hub gets discussed in the folding bikes forum is that it is the ideal hub for a folding bike. If it is not ideal for other bikes, well, that is something to discuss in another forum.