Originally Posted by
rollagain
One of the bikes I'm considering for purchase has the Alfine 11-speed hub gear, which forces the use of a trigger-shifter. I plan to ride in cold weather, so I'm curious about using (possibly thick) gloves. Is this a problem?
It does not force trigger shifter usage, in fact it can be electronically shifted using Di2 meaning you can use buttons or even put it on a drop bar bike.
However if one were to use it with trigger shifters you would be just fine. It shouldn't be difficult even in thick gloves to shift as long as you can put some pressure on something designed to move.