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  • Alfine hub
  • alexdudley
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    Hi, anyone have any experience with alfine hubs, are they up to serious mountain biking?

    Mackem
    Full Member

    I used one for 2 and bit years, no bother at all. (an 8 speed one).

    Bregante
    Full Member

    My 8 speed has performed admirably all winter

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    Daffy
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    My 11 has been less reliable than my 8.

    letmetalktomark
    Full Member

    8 speed here.

    It gets no love.

    Works well.

    I would have another.

    walleater
    Full Member

    8 speed good / 11 speed bad.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    My 11 has been fine. I’m currently running it well outside Shimanos recommended gearing range in a 2×11 configuration. Rear mech icing problems are a thing of the past 🙂

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    grtdkad
    Full Member

    2×11 Alfine is interesting. What’s the overall set-up then?

    sambuka
    Free Member

    I’ve been running an 11 on a charge duster for 18 months, love it! So quiet. Occasional clicks but otherwise fine so far : )

    JohnClimber
    Free Member

    If I could get a refund on my 11 speed I would and I’d go 1 x 10.

    It’s been back once and it’s still not perfect and out of warranty. The occasional gear slippage/nut’s/stem interface stops the bike coming out as much as it should.

    Go 1 x 10, 8 speed Alfine or invest in Rohloff but avoid 11 speed get’s my vote

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Cranks are Raceface – 22T and 32T. Rear sprocket is 18T. I have a Alfine chain tensioner to take up the slack. On a standard 26″ wheel that would give me a range of 16.7 to 99.5 Gear Inches. With the added diameter of the fat tyres, both of these figures are be a bit higher but I’ve never worked it out.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Oh – clean cables with good routing are a must.

    Phil_H
    Full Member

    My 11 speed developed an oil leak. Repaired under warranty. Yet to put it back on the inbred as I’m managing as a single speed.
    It was good in the mud at sits though 😀

    monkeyboyjc
    Full Member

    my 8 was faultless, didnt have any issue with the 11 either.

    paul4stones
    Full Member

    8 speed worked well for me. Proper mtb, several immersions on the Kielder 100, was faultless. BUT when it failed it was catastrophic at the start of a family holiday. A ‘normal’ derallieur system could have been fixed or bodged but with the Alfine nothing could be done apart from a new hub/wheel which wasn’t available. No system will never fail but some are more easily fixed when they do.

    grtdkad
    Full Member

    Thanks Scotroutes, very impressive.

    jes
    Free Member

    I have a second hand Alfine 8 which has been very robust.
    And a from new Alfine 11 which has been ok but feels slightly less robust, with not so precise gear engagement.
    Also run Rohloffs, one coming up to 10 years old bombproof but at a cost.

    stevewhyte
    Free Member

    I run an 8 speed on my winter bike, runs very well very little maintainance. Run an 18 x 44 set up ant it’s just about ok. If riding in a group can run out of revs at the top end when the pace increases.

    alexdudley
    Free Member

    8 speed it is then, always fancied a rohloff but could never justify the cost, good to hear they are reliable, planning on building a fat belt drive.

    TiRed
    Full Member

    Awaiting a Genesis io id 8 speed. I’m sure it will be as reliable as my previous Alfine 8 speed Airnimal Rhino. Never had an issue off road.

    alexdudley
    Free Member

    Cheers scotroutes, i remember the nuvinci hub from a couple of years back and liked the look of it then, but new and untested for mountain bikes. I used to have a Daf 44 that my grandad gave me, it had variable transmission too. Cut the top off it and welded up the doors for summer vehicle!

    UrbanHiker
    Free Member

    You guys with the Alfine-8’s, do you have any delay/trouble when changing down? Mine always seems to have a delay, you have to ease off, and often you also get a clicking noise. Is this normal?

    epicyclo
    Full Member

    UrbanHiker – Member
    You guys with the Alfine-8’s, do you have any delay/trouble when changing down? Mine always seems to have a delay, you have to ease off, and often you also get a clicking noise. Is this normal?

    Sounds like sticky cables or cable in too tight a curve and check that your adjustment is correct to the mark (don’t tweak it by ear).

    You should always ease off slightly to change gear with a hubgear.

    jes
    Free Member

    epicycle +1, a small downside of the Alfine is indexing at the shifter.

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