How to use, index and service the Shimano Alfine hub

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

Комментарии • 16

  • @jonathanleach3914
    @jonathanleach3914 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you for the film. I have a converted M6R with an Alfine 11 hub. With that hub there is a port through which the oil can be changed. I don’t need to take the wheel out and it is much easier. Whilst I could do the servicing on a G line I suspect that many couldn’t and the required frequency is a major drawback if the bike is used regularly. Thanks for the film.

  • @lazyrider9847
    @lazyrider9847 Месяц назад +2

    I thought that the Alfine 8 used grease. That's what Sheldon Brown and other's say. Some say the reason for not using the Alfine 11 is that the oil sometimes leaks out. If the Alfine 8 is using oil, then why didn't Brompton use the Alfine 11, which has wider gearing?

    • @jafe6059
      @jafe6059 Месяц назад

      I was told the same for my older Alfine 8. Maybe they changed it on newer iterations? But still, it's only doing an oil bath for maintenance. This is different than Alfine 11 or Rohloff which are kept oil filled in operation.

  • @benKeNobis
    @benKeNobis Месяц назад +1

    I am a little surprised. As far as I know, Shimano recommends a maintenance interval of 5000 km or two years for the alfine 8. Is there a reason why you deviate from this?

    • @benKeNobis
      @benKeNobis Месяц назад

      Oops, I've just seen that the dealer's instructions really do say that services should be carried out at 1000 km and then every 2000 km. That is indeed a bit low

  • @matztertaler2777
    @matztertaler2777 28 дней назад

    In 2 years you will find a lot of used G Lines for sale , with thousands of miles done, which never saw a single maintenance of the Alfine hub. The obstacles for doing this are to high.

  • @daletsteele
    @daletsteele Месяц назад

    This needs to be improved to something that can be handled with annual shop maintenance under normal riding conditions. Hopefully Shimano accidentally dropped a zero from their service interval recommendation...

  • @Somerset584
    @Somerset584 Месяц назад +5

    A real person narrating this would be so much better.

  • @b0kix953
    @b0kix953 Месяц назад

    A service every 1000 km?
    If that's true I will have to go the bikeshop every 2 months to service my hub if I don't do it myself. That will be more expensive than a car...

  • @nitromenoob
    @nitromenoob Месяц назад +3

    Even my grandads wheelchair requries less maintenance than this

    • @tomm7243
      @tomm7243 Месяц назад +1

      Does your granddads wheelchair have gears?

  • @peridiusoverlord
    @peridiusoverlord Месяц назад

    1000km? Seriously?

  • @platypushatstand
    @platypushatstand Месяц назад +1

    This apparently is ‘progress’ for Brompton… pity, they could’ve fitted a Rohloff gear system with a hub service interval of 20,000km, but then users wouldn’t come back to the shop regularly enough for them to make more money off the cash cow, whoops I meant ’customer’. 😢

    • @philriding106
      @philriding106 Месяц назад

      I doubt that was the reason they chose the Shimano hub. A bike with a Rohloff hub would cost *substantially* more, and this is not an out and out touring bike which is what the Rohloff is more suitable for.

    • @b0kix953
      @b0kix953 Месяц назад

      @@platypushatstand If they fitted a Rohloff hub nobody would go back to the shop because nobody would buy the bike for 5000 bucks.

  • @johnnymac8680
    @johnnymac8680 Месяц назад +1

    What a ridiculous bike to own. This comes from someone who spent 38 years commuting to work on a bicycle. Not for me.