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  • This, nexus 5 has chunkier internals, its suggested they have some kind of syncromesh between the ratios that allows a few more full torque abuse shifts before issues occur. I've done a hundred city miles on one (that had about 800 miles from other people testing it) and it felt solid. Lots of "slack" or wind up in the internals compared to a rohlof etc, but its a £200 unit not £1k+
    Auto shift, started using manual but found myself using auto more often than not (partly because it had been set default to auto). For people used to cargo bikes, traffic and dealing with kids etc yeah we:re going to use it in manual mode, but for those new to these distractions i can see the benefit of it.
    The auto return to starting gear (can set it to any, so after 5 seconds stationary it auto shifts to your chosen gear) is very useful, especially fully loaded on rough roads up a hill and you've just got a red light ;)
    Have heard of people breaking nexus 5 already, but imagine its partly because it's from the first production and also its in line with the small number of folk who break alfine 8s as well.
    Alfine 11 isn't upto cargo duties imo

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