Originally Posted by
Robert Raburn
Another plus with the Nexus is performance--you can shift into larger gears under load (i.e., when sprinting away from a stop).
that's odd, i have an alfine 8 and it makes angry crunching noises when i've mistakenly tried to shift under load. in the 2 years i've been riding the bike i have come to master the little split second stutter in my pedal stroke when shifting. it's like the clutch for a manual transmission in a car.