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Was it Mark Beaumont that broke a Rohloff during one of his big rides?
What bike are you getting? I remember seeing downhill bikes many years ago built around some kind of gearbox contraption. Some Russian-sounding name I think
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/1-question-whats-keeping-the-gearbox-down-2017.html
Internal gearbox in BB area of frame. Frame is being built at the moment...
A guy I was following on day 1 had a rohloff, he rode straight through the special mud, I tried to follow, broke hanger and mech as I powered through. So yeah, definitely better, but not infallible.