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A thirty to one hundred inch gear range is not at all too limited. That is just one example with 700c wheels and a 21t cog on the hub, 45t chain wheel. Of course, the choices are almost endless. The sixteen speed mentioned in another post has a range of 31 to 112 inches. My step-son just arrived a few minutes ago from a 300 km+ tour in the Bordeaux region with this machine.
Of the arguments that can be made against these hubs (though I can't understand the resistance; no one is forcing them on anyone), gear range is not one of them. They are a thoroughly viable alternative for a great percentage of riders.
The very first wheel I built with one of these hubs (an early seven speed) was for a mountain bike magazine that wanted to test it under hard conditions. They often visited the bicycle shop where I was working at the time and had us do several projects for them. They were very satisfied with how the hub performed. That was over twenty years ago.
If they were so great 20 years ago I'd think you'd see more of them today with the advances in manufacturing.
What does the hub run?