hi,
found another nice website with real-life experience from a world-traveler with over 30.000 km's done with a Rohloff hub (when reporting, end 2002).
Unfortunately the site is only in German. It does contain a few nice pictures of biking in exotic places.
http://www.lemlem.de/berichte/smolka...f/html/01.html
Peter is very enthusiastic about the speedhub. Worth mentioning :
- considerable less wear on chain/cog/chainring. He is still using the original cog and can still reverse it once it has worn out.
- not a single broken spoke
30.000 km's, most of them undoubtedly with luggage, a part undoubtedly under tough circumstances. Unbelievable!
He mentions two problems:
- oil leakage. This occurred with the earlier versions, has been resolved
- more work to take the wheel out. This depends on the dropouts and tensioner.
On my solo bike I have Rohloff quick-release dropouts without tensioner. Perfect.
On our tandem we do have a tensioner and quick-release. Also no problem to quickly take the wheel out. Peter was using a screwed version without tensioner.
One correction on earlier postings:
- the ADDITIONAL weight for a Rohloff is around 300-400 grams. The one and a half pounds mentioned are the full weight of the hub (around 1800 grams, depending a bit on the version).
happy to answer any queries you may have,
happy cycling, Hans.