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For those who sometime have cargo bike to haul stuff on a daily basis/due to job requirement, get the Alfine 11.
I have to pull 120kg worth of stuff to move flat (exceeding the trailer's 90kg limit), the ratio on the new Alfine hubs is a godsent, the 1st and 2nd gear have a slightly big gap, but after that, the rest of the range felt pretty close and even, almost as close as a derailleur.
it made a huge difference especially when most internal hubs have a bigger ratio, that you need to spin it really fast in order to change gear that end up making you mash it instead.
the shifting were a bit sticky, but eventually start to be more precise as the internal hubs started to bed in.
Really impressed with it, especially when I can go through several gear with just a couple or so click at the rapidfire shifter just like with derailleur, I genuinely don't think it's worth getting an Rohloff when you have the Alfine 11 (unless you're doing those round-the-world touring).