Beachbikes.com - Difference between an Internal Gear Bicycle Hub & External Bicycle Gear Derailer?

[dalecs]

Good presentation, but I would add another issue: If you do a lot of riding, especially cross country, remember that fixing a flat tire on the rear wheel is about ten times easier on external geared bikes. Having said that, if you crash your bike or if it just falls over on its right side, the external gears about ten times more likely to be seriously damaged then the internal geared bike. Thanks .

[vegasrenie]

Nice simple explanation about the differences. A noob like me really appreciates it! Thanks!

[N-T]

The derailer is not french, its not someone's last name, its a term of removing something from a rail. Derailed, like a train, de-rail-er. Anyways, it was a good explanation.

[liowfamilyvideo]

I'm using TREK SOHO Hub gear bike since 3yrs ago. Hub gear bikes are more heavy and expensive but more neat & easy to maintain (the gears will not get dirty). You can also change to any gear even the bike is not moving, shifting of gears also very quiet and won't 'jump gear' .

[frnkguard]

You know it be really cool if they made beach cruisers with internal gearhubs and disk.

[paulhaselton]

@NathansBackwoods It's spelt derailleur though...

[michaeldickerson]

Another advantage of internal gears, if you come to a stop in high gear, you can shift into low gear while sitting still...with a derailleur you have to pedal to down shift, which can be a little bit of a struggle ... That's why I prefer internal geared hubs

[gabedamien]

Dérailleur (pronounced day-rhai-yeuhr) is French for "derailer." For some reason cyclists cling to a horribly mangled non-word "de-rail-ee-yer" which is just bad franglais. Use French or English but not franglais!