Originally Posted by
Spasticteapot
I'm well aware of this - my interest in an IGH is mostly based on hoping to avoid the hassle and cost of overhauling a drivetrain. An IGH can also be combined with a belt drive, greatly reducing required maintenance (I'm not much of a cyclist, but riding around severely damaged city streets while it's raining throws enough crud into the drivetrain that I need to brush off the sprockets remove and clean the chain at least once a week.)
I'm curious, though - is there any chance we'll see a cartridge-based IGH in the future?
Are the SRAMs any better in this respect?
Not sure what you mean by cartridge based, unless you mean sealed cartridge bearings used for the hub axle bearings. Not aware of any other than the Rohloff I believe.
Shimano does offer a more waterproof version of their casette joint assembly for the 8 speed hubs which is designed to minimize weather and dirt intrusion into the shifter cable. The wet weather version is the CJ-8S40.
I have a couple of the SRAM hubs but as I live in a minimum rainfall area (Nevada) I am not sure about waterproofing.
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