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This seems to be an updated version of the classic Sturmey-Archer AW hub, which has been around since the beginning of the last century. It is now made in Taiwan, and sports a new aluminium alloy body shell which saves a bit of weight over the old model. So far it's working perfectly and smoothly.
The provided sprocket is perhaps a little small for most uses, but that's just my opinion. It's easy enough to replace it with a different one.
The new-fangled trigger shifter is not as versatile as the old shifter, but it's not a problem to substitute the older unit. Note that you will also need an old-style cable if you do that, the supplied cable for the new shifter is a conventional gear cable.
One big improvement over the old AW hub is the new roller guide for the indicator chain, much smoother than the old hollow nut design.
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I can't imagine the circumstances where I would buy another Sturmey Archer hub. Impossible to get all 5 gears out of it. Shifts terribly. Hangs up. The only thing it does really well is shift up. Down shifting is next to impossible and making the adjustment to get the finial gear doesn't work at all. Now I'm going to have to spend another couple hundred dollars to get a new hub and have the wheel rebuilt. Never again.
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