http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: n+1 = Pompetamine Alfine 8? en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:43:14 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105152 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:21:07 +0000 crowriver 105152@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've got toe overlap on my Dawes Audax, just skims the mudguards. Not a huge issue as you keep moving most of the time riding an audax. </p> <p>I see no reason to put up with it on a hybrid used for commuting and town riding though: must be the headset angle and the fork rake. If you fit mudguards it will be even worse. Every traffic light and junction will become annoying. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105139 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:28:18 +0000 Dave 105139@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When I started out I got lots of toe overlap (size 42 shoes on a large frame) when I had wide tyres and mudguards fitted.</p> <p>I got rid of it by moving the cleats on my shoes! (For only 20 minutes each way, whatever goes...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105133 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:04:43 +0000 DaveC 105133@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was a pita on my cx bike which has toe overlap but ss Kappers said, you just get used th moving your foot so there is no clash as you turn the wheel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105127 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:19:55 +0000 kaputnik 105127@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Re Toe Overlap - I've got considerable such on one of my bikes and you do get used to it, I always subconsciously manage to back-pedal the offending foot when doing slow speed manoeuvring so that it doesn't foul the wheel. </p> <p>I wouldn't let it be a deal breaker. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105126 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:27:33 +0000 LivM 105126@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ooo sounds encouraging. I saw a road cc review that talked about there being a lot of toe overlap at the front - at the moment this is the thing that is most concerning me. @Dave is that something you've noticed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105119 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:34:43 +0000 Greenroofer 105119@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>P.S. Just looked at the Pompetamine, and it's got a really odd line for the gear cable. It seems strange that it runs across the cross bar rather than down the down tube and under the bottom bracket. I'm sure most Alfine bikes with horizontal drop outs have the cable coming out of the hub horizontally.</p> <p>Does this matter? The only thing I can think of is that it's going to make adjusting the cable tension a bit more tricky as the window you need to look at and line up the yellow dots is pointing backwards, so you'll have to stand <em>behind</em> the bike to see it (which means you probably can't reach the shifter on the handlebars where the adjustment is). With the cable coming out horizontally that adjustment window is on top of the hub, so you can see it when you're standing over the back axle and can reach the shifter. Does that matter? I only adjust my cable once ever six months or so!</p> <p>All very mysterious... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105117 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:23:05 +0000 Greenroofer 105117@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm coming up for three years and 10,000 miles on an Alfine 8 used for commuting year-round. It's still running very sweetly, despite only one overhaul in that time. I love being able to change gear when stationary and that there's really very little maintenance. I have a chain tensioner on the back as I have vertical dropouts: this works better than it used to now that I have the chain a bit shorter that it was when I got the bike.</p> <p>There is an odd step in the gear ratios somewhere near the middle: when I first got it I noticed this, but I don't notice it any more. The Alfine 11 has a uniform progression in the ratios.</p> <p>If this is going to be an n+1, one thing with the Alfine 8 is that I think the gear shifter works the opposite way to normal shifters (so I push with my thumb to go <em>up</em> a gear and click with my forefinger to go <em>down</em>). I imagine this could make swapping back to a bike that works the other way a bit of a pain as you'd be continually going the wrong way on the gears.</p> <p>So it's a whole hearted recommendation from me for an Alfine 8. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105111 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:07:50 +0000 Nelly 105111@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends what weight you put on the rear, IMO. I decided against this bike as I use a carradice saddlebag - that and a hubgear I thought was too much weight on the back. So i went singlespeed.</p> <p>Lovely bike though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105108 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:39:08 +0000 DaveC 105108@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A freind has a Pompe Alfine8. I was impressed as it can change stationarry. No more rolling to a halt and changing down, you just change while your stood waiting to set off.</p> <p>Not sure how he got on after a years commute. One thing I'm noticing with a traditional geared bike is the wear is great over a year and a half of steady commuting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105105 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:19:42 +0000 gembo 105105@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nexus 8 very bad, Alfine better, same company claiming to have just received Alfine 11 in a sidebar of the page selling the Alfine 8 so probably trying to shift them. They are heavier but 8 gears should be enough, do you know what the range of the Alfine 8 is compared with the Alfine 11? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105104 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:10:53 +0000 Dave 105104@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Alfine 11 will have put downward pressure on the 8 speeds. But Planet X / On-One are very aggressive with pricing anyway - I got my road bike frame for just £125, or the price of two sets of discount tyres...</p> <p>I have a Pompetamine and they are very flexible - rides nicely (although no lightweight) and seems pretty indestructible. You can get full SKS mudguards plus 35mm winter studded tyres on no problem (my fork is from Cotic and may offer a bit more clearance - enough for 700x40 with mudguards easily).</p> <p>Can definitely recommend. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105087 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:31:24 +0000 crowriver 105087@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Och, al you folks with the n+1 bug. </p> <p>I'm trying to de-layer my accumulation of bikes this year. Focus down a bit.</p> <p>But aye, hub gears are good for commuting, as long as you keep the chain to the right tension. Alfine 8 more reliable than the Nexus 8 is it? Alfine 11 quite a bit dearer, I think. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9732#post-105085 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:05:00 +0000 LivM 105085@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm extremely tempted to get myself a hub gear bike and have been eyeing up the On-One Pompetamine Alfine 8 for commuting. Does anyone have any experience of these (or Alfine 8 vs 11?) that could advise? It seems remarkably cheap (£600 - I'm sure it was £800+ a year or so ago). </p> <p><a href="http://on-one.co.uk/i/q/CBOOPOMPALF/on_one_pompetamine_alfine_8_speed">On-One Pompetamine Alfine 8</a> </p>