I saw at least 3 guys with a Rohloff14 in Vietnam. The first was a 26er LHT in Saigon, before he had loaded it up I think. So it had a tensioner. I use a vise to hold the hub tool while I yank the cog loose.
I luckily found him stopped and got pics. He is a tall guy, I have his pic too but better not show I guess.
As for a chain, mine did poorly that trip. So I made a CF case and later stopped washing the new chain grease. It's now way over 3,000 miles now with no stretch I can detect. I was using it with my SA XL-RD5w as well.
I also made my cog different. I got a machine shop to carve out some 16T SA cogs and welded them to original 13T screw on cogs. Works great but I didn't get the first one welded properly and it broke loose after 3 rides around Saigon.
At first I was using the Rohloff cogs but hated them. Teeth a mm shorter and they wore very fast with my 1/8" chain, the other reason I hated the 3/32" R14 cogs.
