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I did this four days a week for the last six weeks or so on steps 5 speed bullit for work, on ave 60ish km a day pretty big loads. Thoughts:
Auto is dogshit.
Only really used gears 1 - 3
it now shifts like shit and makes some awful noises.
Delayed shifting sporadically, no logic.
Wheel slipped in dropout and needed adjusting 1 or 2 times a week, which is I guess acceptable maintenance but it did mean in the back of my head I was always wary when accelerating 'hard' away from lights, and yes it was torqued up acceptably.Also based on those service intervals that means hub needs dipping every 8-10 weeks.
Frankly prefer riding non e-assist omnium with the same load and non hub gear, but obvs YMMV (quite literally) etc etc.
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Get the auto turned off on E tube so that its not even an option to riders, all it seeks to do is destroy the hub.
Yeah gears 1-3 and 4-5 are above the limit, would be better if the chainring/cog combo was geared a bit lower for UK use IMO.
If treated with even vague mechanical sympathy the Nexus 5 do really well. Only had two explode on me, both where auto had been used by the customer, and both in the first month of use. I tend to run Alfine 8 in ATF, and Nexus 5 in this Silkolene stuff, its like a cloudy green oil, quite thick at room temp but never sets.
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BrickMan
If I was doing 30+ miles everyday for work I'd reconsider.