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Originally Posted by DropBarFan
OK, & belts don't require any lube. But I'm not saying that chains are horrible, just questioning why spend extra money on IGH/chain.
I don’t use IGH because I can’t see spending the extra money on the hub. Even with high end derailer systems, they are a fraction of the cost of an IGH. My point was that even with a derailer system and a chain, you don’t have to spend the amount of time that people do on cleaning.
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