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  1. I've been cycling my 1st nexus 8 equipped bike for just over a month
    now. Really enjoy it and havent missed the other 20 or so gears the
    old bike had.

    However, a few of the gears are making clicking noises. (3rd, 4th, 7th
    & 8th)

    I have the yellow lines lined up in 4th gear although it doesnt seem
    very precise getting them aligned as they seem to misalign themselves
    at times.

    Does this sound like anything major or something daft? I'd take it to
    the bike shop although my suspision is they dont really know whatto do
    with this system.

    Cheers.

  2. Mike Watson said:

    I've been cycling my 1st nexus 8 equipped bike for just over a month
    now. Really enjoy it and havent missed the other 20 or so gears the
    old bike had.

    However, a few of the gears are making clicking noises. (3rd, 4th, 7th
    & 8th)

    I have the yellow lines lined up in 4th gear although it doesnt seem
    very precise getting them aligned as they seem to misalign themselves
    at times.

    I have a 7-speed nexus on my tandem. Some of the gears have a clicking
    sound, like a Sturmey-Archer three-speed had, but I think that is normal.

    I also noticed a slight misalignment, but that is probably due to
    break-in; things get settled in their long-term positions, and you need to
    adjust a bit.

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    David L. Johnson

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    _`\(,_ | conclusion. -- George Bernard Shaw
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  3. David L. Johnson said:
    Mike Watson said:

    I've been cycling my 1st nexus 8 equipped bike for just over a month
    now. Really enjoy it and havent missed the other 20 or so gears the
    old bike had.

    However, a few of the gears are making clicking noises. (3rd, 4th, 7th
    & 8th)

    I have the yellow lines lined up in 4th gear although it doesnt seem
    very precise getting them aligned as they seem to misalign themselves
    at times.

    I have a 7-speed nexus on my tandem. Some of the gears have a clicking
    sound, like a Sturmey-Archer three-speed had, but I think that is normal.

    I also noticed a slight misalignment, but that is probably due to
    break-in; things get settled in their long-term positions, and you need to
    adjust a bit.


    Thanks for the reassurance David, still sounds odd to me. If it was a
    derailluer then I'd definitely know it was misaligned as I guess I
    could see it!

    ALso I noticed today that the gears which click feel a bit rough (I
    can feel it through the pedals) but the ones which dont click feel
    really smooth. Coincidence?

  4. "Mike Watson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    David L. Johnson said:
    Mike Watson said:

    I've been cycling my 1st nexus 8 equipped bike for just over a month
    now. Really enjoy it and havent missed the other 20 or so gears the
    old bike had.

    However, a few of the gears are making clicking noises. (3rd, 4th, 7th
    & 8th)

    I have the yellow lines lined up in 4th gear although it doesnt seem
    very precise getting them aligned as they seem to misalign themselves
    at times.

    I have a 7-speed nexus on my tandem. Some of the gears have a clicking
    sound, like a Sturmey-Archer three-speed had, but I think that is normal.

    I also noticed a slight misalignment, but that is probably due to
    break-in; things get settled in their long-term positions, and you need


    to

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    adjust a bit.


    Thanks for the reassurance David, still sounds odd to me. If it was a
    derailluer then I'd definitely know it was misaligned as I guess I
    could see it!

    ALso I noticed today that the gears which click feel a bit rough (I
    can feel it through the pedals) but the ones which dont click feel
    really smooth. Coincidence?


    In my Nexus-7, all the odd numbered gears feel a bit rough (espcially 3th
    gear), and the even numbered are smooth. I have read others complain about
    this too, and as far as I understand, it is a "feature" of the Nexus-7 hub.
    I have been planning to get a new bike with Nexus-8 hub, and was hoping that
    this feature would have been fixed, but apparently it is still there 🙁

  5. In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
    says...

    Quoted message said:

    In my Nexus-7, all the odd numbered gears feel a bit rough (espcially 3th
    gear), and the even numbered are smooth. I have read others complain about
    this too, and as far as I understand, it is a "feature" of the Nexus-7 hub.
    I have been planning to get a new bike with Nexus-8 hub, and was hoping that
    this feature would have been fixed, but apparently it is still there 🙁

    You can add me to the list of Nexus 7 users with 'rough' gears. I was under
    the impression that Nexus 8 was supposed to be better and have less rolling
    resistance too. I was thinking of upgrading my bike to Nexus 8. Now I am
    thinking I should wait unless I can get a really, really good deal.
    --------------
    Alex

  6. On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 20:52:05 -0400, Alex Rodriguez <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
    says...

    Quoted message said:

    In my Nexus-7, all the odd numbered gears feel a bit rough (espcially 3th
    gear), and the even numbered are smooth. I have read others complain about
    this too, and as far as I understand, it is a "feature" of the Nexus-7 hub.
    I have been planning to get a new bike with Nexus-8 hub, and was hoping that
    this feature would have been fixed, but apparently it is still there 🙁

    You can add me to the list of Nexus 7 users with 'rough' gears. I was under
    the impression that Nexus 8 was supposed to be better and have less rolling
    resistance too. I was thinking of upgrading my bike to Nexus 8. Now I am
    thinking I should wait unless I can get a really, really good deal.
    --------------
    Alex


    I've had a play around and have discovered that even though the yellow
    dots are alledgely centred you can still move the barrel adjuster
    quite a bit and it still wont move. I've turned it round about 5
    rotations and the gears feel quite a bit smoother now.

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