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From: NJ, NYC, LI
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
There are a lot of advantages to running the cable the way old Three Speed cables run: to a (movable) stop on the top tube (Sturmey Archer calls these a Fulcrum Clip and Fulcrum Sleeve), then the bare cable runs over a pulley wheel at the top of the seat tube and then down the seat stay to the hub. You can do this on a Nexus 7 or 8 if you have the correct anti-rotation washers. But I have had a hard time finding them.