Originally Posted by
gearbob
This is my first post to the Bikeforums. I hope this will be helpful to other readers who are considering a Rohloff Speedhub.
It is! Thank you for posting.
Originally Posted by
gearbob
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For general riding and touring on paved and gravel roads, I spend 99% of my time using gears 8-14. Noteworthy here is that gears 9-14 are quiet and efficient. ...
- Gear 11 is direct drive or 1:1. Take advantage of this per Rohloff's advice, and be sure to choose your chainring and cog combination so that your most used gear is gear 11. (I'm using a 45x17, and have used 42x16. Both have accomplished this goal for me. Note: my bike has 700c wheels!)
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That is fascinating, even surprising; it would never have occurred to me to use the high gears so much. When on my commuter bikes (with Nexus 8 and Sturmey Archer 8 hubs) I always shift to 1st gear (around 28 gear inches) every time I stop, upshifting when my cadence reaches 110 - 120 rpm, so I don't usually get above 6th gear or so. If I had my Rohloff geared like yours, I would mostly use gears 4-8, and reach gear 11 rather rarely. I guess I have to gear mine quite a bit lower, then?