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Hey, the rohloff is still performing brilliantly, myself and some friends went on a tour in april of the south cost, starting in lands end and and travelling all along the south coast. Being my first tour i took far far too much luggage. The hills are ridiculous along the coast and yet the surly troll was brilliant. http://www.flickr.com/photos/djhon/5434045355/. The frame is very stiff yet comfortable, when descending hills at 40+mph with a combined bike+luggage+rider weight of 130kg the bike still handled perfectly with no flex at all.
As for the Rohloff hub, well i cannot fault it. Gear change is perfect, and i soon got the knack of pausing the pedalling for a split second to change gear. One great thing about the hub is that unlike any other gear system (derailleur, shimano alfine, sturmey archer etc) cable tension has not bearing on the gear change, so the hub will never need adjusting. And even in the event of the cables braking, the cable box braking off in a crash or any cable problem for that matter the gear change can still be operated by using an 8mm spanner on the hub itself.
The should never fail and if it does rohloff will do everything to get you back on the road. They also provide every spare part possible, which cannot be said for shimano geared hubs for example.
I would say the Rohloff hub is the best cycling related purchase i have ever made.
(i did get it at trade which helps though :)