Originally Posted by
Indigo82
Thank you. I have seen this video already. Alee uses Rohloff. With all his expertise perhaps he would've already made decision to switch to Pinion if Pinion was better, at least better for his needs. Anyhow, I think we need more long term reviews from serious Pinion tourers. I know Ryan Van Duzer used Pinion on his Great Divide bike packing journey but he rarely speaks about technical part, more about the adventure part. Bicycletouringpro (Darren Alff) had one video together with his co-traveller Kevin Burrett where they talk about their bikes equipped with Pinion. Besides saying the system is awesome they don't say anything else. So we shall see what happens further when more riders use this system....
I think you will find that very few people can tell you any more that you do not already know then. There are not a lot of Pinion systems in use in USA, just as there are not a lot of Rohloffs either.
One of my neighbors is a bike mechanic, he as told me that my Rohloff is the only one he has seen, and you would think that a bike mechanic has seen almost everything out there.
I built up my Rohloff bike in 2013. I saw more Rohloffs during one month of bike touring in Iceland than I have seen in USA in the eight years since I built up my Rohloff bike.
I have never seen a Pinion bike, only have seen photos or videos of them.