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@withered_preacher
Interesting assessment. I just sent two of these back, one of which had been on a wheel for much of the summer. My problems with the hub include the brake, but are not limited to it. Mis-shifting in perfectly fine weather and a friend's hub wrecking itself in the middle of a busy intersection were enough to convince me that it was definitely not worth it. I was told by Sturmey that it was down to an interior washer of incorrect size that caused the problem, but the touchy brake and my distrust of the solution (I was expected to pull the hub apart and install the "corrective kit" myself) made me say "no thanks". A Shimano coaster will be (hopefully) more reliable, having been already proven on the market. Otherwise, it's fixed or freewheel if I want to go simple.