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Getting to grips with a Hub geared bike

Hi folks,

I'm the happy owner of a reliable and few years old ridgeback nemesis.  A nice hybrid with a shimano nexus 8 gearing system.

As I'm now using it to commute into work I've had a bit of a realisation that I'm not familiar how to remove and more importantly reattach the the back wheel / gears in the event of a inner tube replace / rear wheel puncture event.

Anyone recommend a bike maintenance workshop that includes a hub gear system overview ?

ta!

~John

 

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Thanks folks I'll keep an eye out for a bike maintenance course in the next few months.

In the short term i've decided for piece of mind I'd get some Schwalbe marathon plus's fitted.  From what i've read they should reduce my mid commute puncture risks somewhat.

The Mech who is fitting the tires also gave be a quick point on the nexus 8. In 4th gear there are two yellow indicator lines on the Hub that should be in alignment.

Cheers,

~John

  • By JFK on 02:51pm 10 Feb 2012

Monty of Addiscombe CC ran an afternoon training session in Croydon last October at which he covered simple stuff like removing rear wheels to repair punctures - and so I learned how to unhook my hub.

However,  I checked out their website and didn't see any other such events planned.

So, if you can't find anyone else, have a look at these YouTube videos, both of which helped me when I had to do the deed unaided - click here and here

It's not that difficult - once you know how.

 

 

 

  • By Austen on 09:08pm 07 Feb 2012

This post was removed by Charles Barraball at 11:41am 08 Feb 2012.

If you haven't done the job before, you can take the rear wheel out, leaving the gear gubbinses attached; you may have to release the cable housing tube from some clips on the chain stays.

Wrangling with Shimano instructions during or after wheel removal is not recommended.

Hi John,

 

I've been running the Shimano Alfine 8 spd on a charge mixer for about 18 months.  THere is a really good vidoe on youtube showing you how to remove it and it's not too bad.  Give yourself 30 minutes first time round but it gets quite quick.

6 months ago I fitted schwalbe marathon plus to my charge rear wheel and it has made the ride awful.  I am going to switch back to conti sport contacts when this one has no tread left (about 2 months to go now).  I would reccommend you consider a slightly less bombproof tyre as the schwalbe is punture resistant but slow, heavy and does not grip well in the wet in my experience.

Hope this is of help

Tim

  • By Tim80 on 12:49pm 14 Feb 2012

Hello,

 

My name is Alexis Zafiropoulos and a qualified mechanic (Cytech2) and 5 years experience working with bikes. Hub gears in particular were very common whilst working in Holland.

 

I would be happy to give you some tutorial at my home workshop.

 

Please email alexis.zafiropoulos@gmail.com  if interested.

 

Thanks,

 

Alexis.

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