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However once I'd applied b) the hub worked perfectly. The difference between 'useless' and 'perfect' was a little over 1mm of cable adjustment Hmmm... 1mm is quite a lot methinks. I assume that you can only find out how much cable adjustment is appropriate for a given hubs / cassette joint combinat...

Brucey wrote:I'd say that ... the A11 hub especially feels very squodgy in many of the lower gears

I feel this most in second gear, certainly, and if it gets too bothersome, I just change down into first. I generally just try to consider it as a little extra resistance training

In the early 90s, my girlfriend was at university in Kiel, and I picked up some cycling maps of the region which were at something like 1:100,000 scale and had the roads colour-coded by traffic density. I remember that very low traffic roads were coloured purple, and motorways were just coloured whi...

Is it possible to lace the Alfine-11 in 4-cross or is the hubshel too big to allow for such extreme spoke lenghts? I have a 32-hole Alfine 11 which was stock on my Genesis Fortitude. I broke two spokes at the nipple - probably because of butting there - and had the rear wheel rebuilt. The builder '...

Many thanks for the prompt response.

Brucey wrote:None are (IMHO) lubricated properly when they leave the factory.

Is this the source of your 'add some gear oil' recommendation I saw in another thread?

I have a gravel bike (Genesis Fortitude Adventure with drop bar conversion) with an Alfine 11 hub, which is serving me very well. I am thinking of converting one of my mountain bikes to an IGH, and the combination of an Alfine 8 with a Jtek thumbshifter is currently at the top of the list. I underst...

Turns out that the LH axle nut was loose. Honestly thought I'd checked it, sorry to disturb!

I've had an Aline 11 for a couple of years, and it seems to have developed an 'odd noise' after braking at the rear. When I then start pedalling again, there's almost immediately a tactile and audible 'clunk' from the hub, almost like a clutch might be slipping into position. It seems to happen in m...

https://www.info-ler.fr/affichage.php?id=22 says "Le forfait vélo coûte 6,50 €. Les vélos pliables transportés dans une housse sont pris en charge gratuitement." = "The bike pass costs €6.50. Folding bikes transported in a cover are taken aboard for free." That's all I found. Co...

I have been told by a local Facebook contact that your can take bikes on the LER busses in the south of France, and that you have to pay to do so. However, there is no up-to-date information on the TER website that I can see, nor any way to book or reserve cycle carriage. Can anyone offer any more i...

Thanks all!

I have some Saunders tent on which the seam sealant is coming away and needs replacing. The advice from my sister, who generally knows about these things is that "The seam sealant you want depends on what the tent is proofed with. If it's silicone elastomer you want sil-net. If it's anything el...

Curiouser and curiouser... I had a closer look at the wheel while I was fitting the new spoke. Firstly, the specced spokes appear to be slightly too short, as there is thread showing beneath many of the nipples as verified by the fingernail test. But even more odd is the fact that the spokes are but...

PS: the wheel's 2-cross.

Hard use? I use the Fortitude for rough-stuff rides that I previously did on a rigid Inbred with anything up to 2.2" tyres, albeit with the speed limited by the narrower tyres. Much faster on the tarmac sections, of course...