Recently we saw a presentation by Dr Steve Fabes at our local REI about his round the world trip. He's an MD, raising funds for tropical diseases. Admittedly "not much of a biker" and "unskilled mechanic", his trekking bike has a Rohloff hub. He changes the oil every 3,000 miles and that's it. He left the UK, crossed Europe, round the Middle East, north to south thru Africa, across to the tip of South America, up the west coast of South & Central America to the States. He was about 700 days on the road, had worn out 2 tents and one set of Ortleib panniers (they were unrecognizable except the little reflective bits) and Rohloff had not required any attention other than the oil changes. But of course for the cost, a Rohloff should outperform any other IGH.
dougP On Thursday, July 4, 2013 6:08:50 PM UTC-7, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > A Phil Wood hub would be pretty much non-repairable in most of the world, > too. My buddy Weasel had trouble with his PW hub in Iowa. The small shop he > found wouldn't touch it. Luckily I was able to send him a loaner wheel to > use during the month it took to get the bad hub to Phil and back for > warranty work. And that was in Iowa, not Bolivia. I'd trust the Rohloff as > much as most people trust a Phil freehub. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
