Originally Posted by
bhkyte
never occurred to me that Afline 11 speed would work with a 11 speed brifter (brake/gear lever). Just the problem of the rear axle width to fit it and the expense???
You could always do a Sturmey Archer 8 speed hub without the need to modify the rear triangle (like you would have to with the Alfine hubs).
Check out the conversion kit you can buy from Kinetics:
http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/8-speed.html
(However, I don't know enough about road bike stuff to know if there's an 8 speed "brifter" on the market anywhere?)
By the way, I'm loving the idea of the Andros QR stem mod... I would love to do this to my Birdy and also add bull bars (but I doubt I'll ever seriously do it).
