At Hiawatha Cyclery, we have done some fairly extensive experimentation with alternative shifting arrangements for IGHs, mostly because we have had numerous requests to put gears on former single speeds.
Before the EXCELLENT Jtek shifter came along, we ran a Shimano bar-end shifter through a travel agent to make it work with an Alfine hub. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hiawathacyclery/2347659679/ By far, our most viewed flickr image. It mostly worked, but I never thought it was solid enough to sell to a customer. It actually worked really well (seemingly) in friction mode, but again, I didn't want to chance selling it to someone who didn't understand that we were using parts for purposes for which they were never intended We have sold and installed quite a few of the Jtek Nexus/Alfine shifters. The quality is top-notch, and Jay (i.e. Mr Jtek) has really done his homework and worked out the kinks of making such a thing work (the cable pull lengths for each shift are not uniform). Plus he's a local guy to us in Mpls, which is nice. Now they're available through QBP, which makes it easy to get them from your LBS. For 3-speeds, friction shifting seems to work fine. A local 3-sp guru insists that we will ruin hubs this way, but I know at least 3 high- mile commuters that have been run this way for years with no trouble. Someone recommended the SRAM 5sp. I think the hub is ok, but was never impressed with the shifter made for it, and I've never tried any homebrew shifters with that hub. It is true that the 8sp hubs will not generally fit on a stock QB, but you could probably cold-set to 132 or whatever is needed. I have no experience with the Sunrace-Sturmey 8sp hubs, but the 3sp hubs are very nice. The drawback that comes to my mind to the SA 8sp hub is that it takes a proprietary cog. The Shimano 8sp hubs take the same 3-spline pattern that has been available for years for old Sturmey hubs. You can also roll your own by grinding out some of the splines on a Shimano-compatible cassette cog. On Sep 2, 11:46 am, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > I know that someone (perhaps more than one) on this list has put a > Sturmey Archer or similar hub on their QB. I'm looking for photos and > tips on how to do it (e.g. how to mount the shifter on drop bars and > the routing/attachment of the shift cable). > > Thanks! > > --Eric > campyonly...@me.comwww.campyonly.comwww.wheelsnorth.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
