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Stav99
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Hello, I know the recommendation has been to leave the Nexus
7-speed internal hubs alone, but after three 'bike across
Michigan' rides with my Nexus over the past five years and
various day tours, I thought I'd have the hub serviced. I
noticed some occasional gear slippage and also worried that
the lubrication was breaking down. I took it back to the
shop where the Raliegh SC-200 was purchased and signed up
for maintenance. It was the first work they attempted on
that kind of hub as they only sold about 5 or 6 over the
past few years. I've got the bike back, but I notice that if
I lift the wheel off the ground to give it a gentle spin to
see how long it rotates until internal frictions bring it to
a stop, it barely makes it a couple of revolutions. I would
have sworn that it did a much longer free spin before I took
it in -- and certainly when it was new. Does anyone know how
to make a simple adjustment to this hub to free it up just a
little so I'm not fighting all this internal friction? I'm
off on another six-day ride with it in June and need this
bike rolling more freely. Has anyone found a website devoted
to the Shimano Nexus hubs or their internal hub brakes? I
notice the Shimano website doesn't really have much for them
in FAQs or otherwise.
Thank you in advance... Mark Stav
7-speed internal hubs alone, but after three 'bike across
Michigan' rides with my Nexus over the past five years and
various day tours, I thought I'd have the hub serviced. I
noticed some occasional gear slippage and also worried that
the lubrication was breaking down. I took it back to the
shop where the Raliegh SC-200 was purchased and signed up
for maintenance. It was the first work they attempted on
that kind of hub as they only sold about 5 or 6 over the
past few years. I've got the bike back, but I notice that if
I lift the wheel off the ground to give it a gentle spin to
see how long it rotates until internal frictions bring it to
a stop, it barely makes it a couple of revolutions. I would
have sworn that it did a much longer free spin before I took
it in -- and certainly when it was new. Does anyone know how
to make a simple adjustment to this hub to free it up just a
little so I'm not fighting all this internal friction? I'm
off on another six-day ride with it in June and need this
bike rolling more freely. Has anyone found a website devoted
to the Shimano Nexus hubs or their internal hub brakes? I
notice the Shimano website doesn't really have much for them
in FAQs or otherwise.
Thank you in advance... Mark Stav