Roadrat Alfine 8 with G370 hub build.

[Nealh]

Can I ask why you used the Alfine 8 instead of the Alfine 11.

Mainly becuase for me the alfine 11 would have still been an 8 spd motor as the last three gears would be mostly redundant.
Gear ratio step for 1 -2 in the A11 is a massive 29% though the rest of the gears are all reasonably matched step/% wise. I barely use the 7 or 8 on my A8 so the A11 made little sense.
Having done my homework I decided the A8 would suit my needs better.
Also the A8 is a stronger and better drive then the A11 which has been noted for being a little fragile at high torue . Cost as well the A8 is cheaper to buy .
A11 needs regular oil baths, seapage is another factor vs grease in the A8.

The A8 after the first use service period can simply be dunked in Red atm fluid left to drip dry and refitted having had the atm to soften up the original grease a little, later on in life one can use a semi fluid grease like land rover swivel grease as the greasing input for lubing the drive.

Even sheldon brown has reservations about the A11 prefering the A7/A8 for hub gears.

Lots of good advice also on uk cycling forum although a left wing forum with too many snow flakes on there , there are some good tech info regarding alfine stripping and maintenance. One gleans the info from various sources and makes of them what they wish to cherry pick the best advice.

 

[Nealh]

Like my Ute I have a front brake upgrade in the offing , a new 4 pot calliper upgrade.

 

[Nealh]

Another year has past by and the Cotic Roadrat build still going very well,
no issues at all regarding the Alfine 8 , Bafang G370 front hub or the KT 9 mosfet sinewave controller. Actually quite boring which is nice to say.

So yesterday being a BH , I decided to give the bike a clean and little service and promptly stripped a thread on the Alfine cheese like axle nut.
A pair of bog std 3/8 26 tpi's now ordered.
Brakes checked over pads not to bad should cover another 1k miles.
I noticed a slight bit of play on the Alfine axle so had the wheel off to tweek up the LHS bearing cone, then decided as it only adds another 10 mins to remove the Alfine drive.
Gave the inner shell a wipe no signs of debris just a nice fine layer of oily grease. After the last little service with ATF fluid I didn't bother adding more grease so this time I gave the innerds a liberal helping of Landrover swivel grease, in time this should work it's way into every nook and cranny of the drive.

 

[Nealh]

The Green treaded Panaracer Gravel Kings have given way to Sky Blue Gravel King semi slicks. The old rear having worn beyond the knobbly bits and become a little thin.
Swapped the chain over (part of my rotation ) cleaning regime.
Cleaned off all the built up detritis that accumulates on the exterior of the Alfine drive also the same with the tensioner ( both wheels removed for declogging) and a clean up of the tensioner.