Chalo wrote:

Confound it. True to clueless form, Shimano have dished up a heaping
helping of asymmetrical flange offset on a hub that didn't need to have
any.

2.7 mm is a "heaping helping" of asymmetry? Most non-flip-flop hubs
have at least this much asymmetry.

See: http://sheldonbrown.com/nexus8/pages/28.htm

Even typical track hubs are more asymmetrical than this, viz:

Campagnolo 5-13 depending on model,
Miche at 15,
Phil Wood at 14 mm,
Sun Tour at 6 mm.

See: http://sheldonbrown.com/spocalc.

Another nugget on the towering mountain of reasons not to buy their
crap-- like I really needed another one.

"Crap?" This is the best multi-speed hub you can buy for less than
$700! Sounds like predjudice to me.

Sheldon "Millions Of People Say _I_ Exaggerate!" Brown
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