Originally Posted by
-holiday76
you guys will probably think i'm crazy (or stupid) but I was thinking about running a drop bar modern modern club racer type setup on a vintage frame with a alfine IGH shifted by one of these:
unfortunately the shifters alone are in the 2-$300 range so I'm not exactly sure if this will be happening are not.
Not crazy at all!
My commuter is a drop bar steel frame - more cx style than club racer, but the Alfine is really nice in my rig - it rides very "sporty" and I love how it feels.
I opted for the J-Tek bar end (which I can highly recommend) over the STI brifter.