Originally Posted by
joweaver88
Any suggestions? I have never built a bike from the ground up before so I want to make sure I will buy something that will work with that hub.
As far as placement... bar end wont work because I am using riser bars. I could do a downtube placement... I am not opposed to that. Preferrably though it would be a thumb shifter.
riser bar and alfine hub? how about a paul thumbie and downtube shifter, mounts to flat bars
http://www.paulcomp.com/thumbies.htmls. or just find some nos thumb shifters.