I must say the Alfine 8 gears annoy the hell out of me as you need to lift a bit of pedal pressure off to change so you just can't stomp your way through the gear changes...
you should be not pedaling at all when you change gear on a hub gear
You can pedal, you just need to ease off a bit.
@snottyotter started
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you should be not pedaling at all when you change gear on a hub gear