flyingdutch wrote:
> after a shite week of grimey commuting im dreamin of a hubgear again
> without all the maintenance (that apparently i should be doing...) and
> extra things to go wrong. Be happy to go back to SS/fixed when summer
> rolls around but i likes the idea of a 26" commuter with hub gear
>
> anyone riding one? howabout a rohloff? (give me your address if so and
> I'll gladly 'look after it' for you )
hmmm ... some not so happy campers;
http://www.rohloffbikehubs.com/
"Important news:
After dedicating close to 2 years of our time and an investment in
excess of $50,000 to help establish Rohloff hubs as a great freeride
and DH hub, Rohloff has chosen to thank us for all our hard, unpaid
work by deliberately not paying their bills owing to us and committing
FRAUD against our company at Interbike 2004 and the months that
followed. More details to become public as the investigation and
evidence can be made public. We gave them many opportunities to right
their wrongs, including intervention with the Canadian Consulate in
Munich, but sadly, they have refused to rectify the situation.
We would like to caution Distributors and Consumers alike to use their
best judgement if they choose to deal with Rohloff AG in Germany or
Rohloff USA Inc. They have lied to us on numerous occasions and caused
us tremendous direct damages relating to at least 4 counts of fraud. We
caution you not to fall victim to their lies and empty promises too."
damn shame. 'cuase i've talked to a couple of folks that have had them,
all good, except for availability ... which worries me more.
greenspeed has some info on them however;
http://www.greenspeed.com.au/newsletter2.htm
check out the "GS options section"
cheers,
Kim