I'm looking at an old Carrera Subway which has Nexus hub gears and hub brakes – anyone know about them, any quirks or problems I should know about before I chance my arm?

Just wondering in case there was a really good reason they switched to Alfine hubs and discs!

Cheers

they didnt – they run along side tbh ….

alfines the mtb kit nexus is the town kit ….

disks are pish on the road anyway in winter – they get all corrroded up with the salt . …

Cheers – I'm not fussed about having discs on a commuter, just wondering if there were any nightmares about the hub brakes.

That's a roller brake. I've used them on the rear on mtbs. Can be reasonable performance especially in dirty conditions. Sort of like a coaster brake with cable operation.

Sturmey-Archer
have some neat drum brakes.