More 11 speed alfine news

http://road.cc/content/news/13981-sh...-car-park-test

*It has an oil port!

*This is a completely new design, not just as alfine upgrade.

*the shifter is a redesign as well.

*it's going to be about 100g lighter than the eight speed at about
1590g

*Shifting is said to be improved (how you improve on the alfine/8 is
beyond me)

-Rando

On Feb 5, 2:50*pm, pdxrandonneur wrote:
http://road.cc/content/news/13981-sh...ed-hub-car-par...

That article says
"The shifts are constant percentage increases, 17-18%
per ratio, and that means that the total range is 409%"
but the tenth root of 4.09 is about 1.151.

The numbers in the www.radfahren.de article are closer to being
consistent, but still not quite (even allowing for rounding):
Übersetzungsverhältnis: 409 Prozent
Gangsprünge: 2 x 17 und 8 x 13 Prozent
Two 18% and eight 14% jumps would only total a 397% range.

Tom Ace