Originally Posted by
skookum
I held off on a rohloff for several years because of this issue, I finally bit the bullet and bought a thorn last year. Of course, since then I have become aware of not one but several failures of the hub flange on rohloff hubs.
I agree with your points on disk brakes and full suspension on touring bikes.
They Now Offer a 36 hole hub shell and even a reinforcing ring ** A 36 hole 3 cross build
is much more tangent pull than the 2 cross 32 hole ..
Though my Koga WTR shipped 3 cross 32 hole , it does require you get the first spoke in Right,
because of the left end bolts* that hold the case together are between every 2 spoke holes ..
* 32 hole it's 8, 36 there are 9. **
https://www.rohloff.de/en/products/s...ngs/index.html
OK I'm Repeating Myself
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