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01-19-18 | 03:36 AM

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rhm

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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...

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Originally Posted by Lascauxcaveman

Ugh. Grip shifts are OK, but only on flat bars, which in my stable means exactly one bike.

Kind of a moot point with the Alfine 8 which, AFAIK, only works with the original (lame) trigger shifters that Shimano packs with them, or the J-tek barcon, like the one I have on my bike. If there is a grip shifter that will index with this hub, I don't know of it. If it exists, I'd like it slightly more that the trigger shifter, maybe.
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Oh, it exists all right. At least for the Nexus 8 hub, which is the she hub, isn't it? That's what I had on my Trek 720 at one point. I tried a couple different ways to put the grip shifter on a drop bar. It can be done, but not elegantly.

The hub on my folding bike, I think, is called Alfine; again, grip shifter.

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