I have a colleague with a huge amount of experience with hub gears, he says the alfine 11 is absolutely shite. Stick with the 8 speed of durability is important.
1x derailleur gears are nicer to ride and lighter.
I was thinking that this would still probably be better than using a track dropout derailleur adapter though..
IMO the only bikes Alfine/nexus make sense for is neglected town bikes or winter / wet weather commuters.
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I have a colleague with a huge amount of experience with hub gears, he says the alfine 11 is absolutely shite. Stick with the 8 speed of durability is important.
1x derailleur gears are nicer to ride and lighter.