Originally Posted by
DiegoFrogs
I'll admit that the SA 3 speeds look much better than the modern Shimano 3-speeds, which use that bell-crank assembly on the outside of the dropout... but those Shimanos are absolute workhorses on abused European city bikes.
The Nexus is a darn good hub - no debate there.
But you can get spare parts for the Sturmey 3, plus Sturmey offers 'stick shift', two designs of thumb shifters, the classic trigger shifter, a bar end shifter, a braze-on shifter, a seat post shifter (!), a dual paddle shifter and three styles of twist shifters. Sturmey doesn't play games with expensive proprietary lubricants but is honest and open that they use (and you can use) commercial NGLI#00 grease.