Originally Posted by
nauboone
The SRAM P5 sounds like a good option. I would like to have a wider gear range if it doesn't cost much more money or weight. I see the P5 is 1330 g and $140. I don't really mind the grip shift itself, but I don't want to use flat bars. It is possible to slide the grip shifter onto the flat (upper) part of drop handlebars, or onto the flat part of bullhorns?
The SA SRF3 is really cheap! only $60. It does look very nice, and I can shift it with a bar end? Sounds great. Does the low price reflect poor quality or unreliable operation? All the websites where I can find this hub call it Model S30. That's the right hub, right? Some websites don't list the OLD. I want HU2209 = 162.7 mm axle = 118.9 mm OLD. Is this correct? Also, the weight is 1050 g, correct?
Thanks.
No way to slide the grip shifter onto where you want as it is sized for straight bars and is too long to go around bends in a bar. That is the reason I mounted mine as a bar end shifter on my drop bars.
Here is a link to some photos of the Harris Cyclery San Jos8 showing the drop bar mounting of the Shimano grip shift on that bike's drop bars. My setup with the SRAM shifter looks similar.
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/bianc...os8/index.html
There is a European company which makes a drop bar which splits, and has a reduced diameter section on the tops, for mounting the Rohloff grip shifter there. Here is the company link. Click on "Specials" to see the bar. Not sure of a retail source. Also no idea of whether or not the reduced diameter section is long enough for other makes of grip shifter.
http://www.noell-fahrradbau.de/
Not sure if the bar end shifter for the SA hub is actually available yet. In the new catalog but so are other SA items which are still unobtanium.
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