Originally Posted by motorhommmer
The reason for the new thread was to ask people who had used the Nexus over say 20 miles a day all weather, all year would it be up to it. The answer seems to be NO.
As regards looking at chains while you change gear - I would have to say that is rubbish, I have a Deore setup on my bike and it is now 4 years old, almost 15k miles done and shifters and derailleur work like new, no problems.
I was and am still interested in a hub gear bike if I can be told that it is up to the kind of use I make of the bike. I agree I am not typical of the mileage etc. being slightly above average but that is what I asked of a hub gear.
Well, I do believe I mentioned that I have almost 20,000 miles on my Sachs Spectro 7 over about the last 4 years and no dang problems. But if you want to believe those who have never ridden such hubs or have a phobia against them, do what you intended to do all along.