Does Sach's have a sales rep who prefers to avoid even the remote possibility of warranty claims by claiming Sach's hubs can't handle a 200 pound, "strong" rider". Perhaps.

But, the Rohloff internal hub has been tested as being "bullet proof" under thousands of miles of the most brutal treatment any bike would ever be subjected to. I think of my beach cruiser with a Nexus hub as my "hurricane" bike. I use it almost exclusively in bad weather, because it has wide, wrap-around fenders, a chainguard, a Nexus hub, and coaster brakes.

And, my Nexus hub works well on water covered roads. I've ridden with water splashing up above the hub...it continued to shift and brake perfectly. During one tropical storm in Houston, I was at a friend's house with all of the roads and bridges leading of the neighborhood under water. School kids were still in the school at 8 p.m., because school buses could not get through. But, my bike with the Nexus hub got through.

200 pounds loads? Well, my bike carries loads of over 200 pounds (not my fault...the bike itself is heavy, and I often have the saddle bags filled with stuff). The Nexus hub works well under any load, easily shifting at any speed. I've owned about twenty bikes over the past decade. None could match the Nexus bike for reliability and for requiring zero repairs.