Originally Posted by
badmother
I bought a used wheel from E-bay, sram. If I buy more I`ll buy the hub only and build my own and I would buy Sturmey Archer becous they built it so that you can use a regular left hand three speed shifter (not a three speed IGH shifter) for just the reasons you mention, different bars and shifters on different bikes.
Never used a thumb shifter. Can it be indexed with the Sturmey Archer. Theres a big learning curve here for me; but either way I go, Sturmey/Archer or double rings in the front) it gets complicated. But, you have me thinking. It would be a sleaker, simpler set up with the IGH. I need to do some homework. So, the Sturmey takes a cassette? And you use a traditional derailleur?