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but was putting this down to it being a Nexus and a bit of lower spec model than the Alfine I've used previously.
Isn't your model an old version of the Alfine? I recall that the newer Nexus is basically the old Alfine 8 speed.
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Yeah, the hub on the Day One is 8 speed Nexus and it was the 8 speed Alfine I'd had.
I had been told/read that the 8 speed Nexus and Alfine hubs were basically the same but because of the issues I was getting due to the shifter, I wasn't so sure. It felt like the Nexus didn't run as smoothly or feel as solidly built as the Alfine but turns out it was all due to the Micro
shiftshit shifter.Now that I'm using the rapidfire shifter with the Nexus I'd say there's almost no difference between Nexus 8 and Alfine 8.
It's a real shame that Genesis are putting these Microshift bar end shifters on the DayOne, there must be owners out there who are really dissatisfied with their bike and don't realise it's just the shifter. TM tells me his skipping/grinding issues were worse than mine and his bike was pretty much unrideable with the Microshift shifter.
It was a similar story with the original rear brake caliper for me, the Promax caliper stuck out beyong the chainstay so much that my feet constantly hit it if I rode in anything broader than lightweight Vans shoes. I had to swap to a Spyre to make the bike rideable. The similarly priced CDF comes with Spyres so it's dissapointing that Genesis have tried to eke out a bit more profit by downgrading the DayOne to Promax.
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I've changed to swept back flat bars on my Day-One and fitted a PizzaRack.
Originally I was going to use the Microshift barend shifter on a Sturmey thumby mount but @TM mentioned he'd been having some issues with the indexing on his Day One and was thinking of ditching the Microshift. I decided I would too and I'm very glad I did.
The rapidfire unit has completely transformed the bike. I didn't have many complaints of the original setup with the Microshift barend, I had been getting jumps and grinds etc from the hub (once or twice a ride) but was putting this down to it being a Nexus and a bit of lower spec model than the Alfine I've used previously. Turns out it was all the shifter's fault. I haven't had a single skip, grind or graunch from the hub since swapping to the rapidfire and I'm pretty sure the hub now shifts underload better than it was doing with the Microshift.
When I fitted the pizza rack I'd ditched the rear rack and had been running the rear dynamo light ziptied to the mudguard stays, sorted that today with a little custom mount made from a stainless stay from another set of guards.