Originally Posted by Banzai

Nope. After a terse e-mail exchange, the original retailer finally offered to take the hub back. So I broke down the wheel and sent it in, in exchange for credit which got me enough parts to rebuild my bike on a derailler drivetrain.

I finally reached the point of frustration where I didn't even want a core swap. Just wanted to never look at the thing again. Almost want to swap my Alfine dynohub to one that doesn't say "Alfine", just so I don't have the name anywhere on my bike. But that would be silly.

Currently working the rebuild, which means my nice Ritchey has been pressed into winter duty. Not happy about it, but I lost my mind after more grinding spins in 5th gear on the Alfine.

I love the IDEA of hub gears, particularly for the conditions I ride in right now. Sure wish that thing had worked for me.