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  • Did you use the Hub in any weather conditions (rain and snow)? I would like to see what my hub looks like. I think it needs new greasing due to hour long rides in heavy rains and lots of snow rides during winter. I even got drowned in water when I broke trough ice with the bike. But still runs well. Only problems were a little squealing. I think the outer ball bearing race needs grease.

  • Is this an Alfine?

  • No - 8R36. It's a 'premium' red ring model, but not an alfine.

  • @achrn ok, so is that better or worse than an Alfine? I've never heard of it.

  • @MmmmYeahSure , It would be between the two. An Alfine shifts so smooth, unlike a nexus. The red ring nexus hubs have better bearings from what I have read compare to the standard nexus and should last longer.

  • @MmmmYeahSure

    It is the same. The difference is the housing. On Alfine you can insall a disc brake and on the SG-8R36 you can intall Shimano's RollerBrake. You can read this in the Shimano Techdocs for the R36.

  • Nightmarish complexity.

  • @deepwoodtickles They're just planetary gears. If you have a car with an automatic transmission it probably has them. :)

  • Amazing, clean, smooth, no wear products visible. I run a simple Nexus Inter 3 on my Trek Lime. At 1,000 miles, it is smoother and quieter than ever. I hope to open it up some day for inspection and see the same no-wear-out your hub displays. Nexus/Shimano is good at IGH.

  • @ampdavolts, now I have near 2,200 miles on the inter 3. It shows no signs of wear out yet.

  • Thanks for the update.

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