Joined: May 2007
Posts: 3,798
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From: Highland Park, NJ, USA
Bikes: "Hildy", a Novara Randonee touring bike; a 16-speed Bike Friday Tikit; and a Specialized Stumpjumper frame-based built-up MTB, now serving as the kid-carrier, grocery-getter.
IGH is simpler, cleaner, and (I find) nearly as efficient as my one deraileur bike. The only non-IGH I ride is my touring bike, for ease of on-the-road repairs. It's easy to unjam a deraileur, and changing the rear tire is less of an ordeal. If the IGH on my my commuter died, I'd calling a cab. If my shopping bike hub went belly-up, I'm a ten minute walk from home.
Has anyone had one of these hubs fail on them?