> 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
Jim: As I say above, I am going with the JTek shifter on a Alfine equipped custom Curtis Inglis is building for me. I do not have a Rohloff bike but am curious whether Jay thinks it is possible to make a shifter for the Speedhub. I have read good and bad things about the Speedhub. For the most part, no one really likes the bulky black twist shifter. On Sep 4, 7:56 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
