Originally Posted by
itsajustme
Has anyone actually destroyed an old SA8 through riding other than Jur or are the complaints just about poor shifting? Because the shifting on my old SA8 has only gotten better with use.
I have a friend who destroyed both a Nexus 7 and and Nexus 8 through riding. He is kind of a big guy (~260), which probably had some effect...but aside from that he didn't do anything particularly abusive. Since an 8 speed IGH is the same size, roughly, as a 3 speed IGH, it may be that some parts have to be made too thin to be durable.
Both of these hubs were on (different) trek navigators.