Nexus Hub Shifting
Thinking about building an internally geared bike for winter use, but I'm hung up on the shifting.
If I use a Nexus Hub on a cyclocross bike, can I use any standard Shimano 8 speed shifter? STI? Bar con? Down tube? |
No. You need a Nexus specific shifter.
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This is the one pitfall of hub gears, you are extremely limited in shifter options.
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Even a friction shifter won't work?
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You need a HubBub bar-end shifter mount ($50) in order to install a Nexus shifter if you want drop bars.
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/b...san-jos8-1.jpg |
Originally Posted by calebg
(Post 5420440)
Even a friction shifter won't work?
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Originally Posted by Barabaika
(Post 5420647)
You need a HubBub bar-end shifter mount ($50) in order to install a Nexus shifter if you want drop bars.
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Originally Posted by dwoloz
(Post 5419984)
This is the one pitfall of hub gears, you are extremely limited in shifter options.
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You could use these dropbars and the shifter would be up on the flats.
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/cid/QST19...etc.-11348.htm |
Originally Posted by carlton
(Post 5424803)
You could use these dropbars and the shifter would be up on the flats.
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/cid/QST19...etc.-11348.htm |
My attemps to translate german to english is not to good. Maybe some fluent german speakers can translate for us. I was told that the maker of this rohloff shifter that fits on standard road bars makes one for nexus hubs. I'm not trying to start any rumors just relaying what I heard. Here is a link with picture of the rohloff. Scroll down.
http://www.radratgeber.de/Radratgebe...nkung_129.html http://www.mittelmeyer.de/html/rennlenker.htm If anybody can find out if they make nexus shifters please report back. |
Originally Posted by carlton
(Post 5424803)
You could use these dropbars and the shifter would be up on the flats.
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/cid/QST19...etc.-11348.htm I'd just drop $20 for a REI Safari trekking bar and use regular brake levers. |
If we in the states could get our hands on an Alfine trigger shifter, would that work with the Nexus?
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Originally Posted by DerekU2
(Post 5429327)
If we in the states could get our hands on an Alfine trigger shifter, would that work with the Nexus?
I know people in USA who have them, and they say they're awesome. |
We should all pool our money and get Sheldon Brown to make us a nexus shifter that works on dropbars. :)
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the HubBub bar end shifter does work with Nexus. That's the whole point of it.
M Riley |
Originally Posted by mriley
(Post 5432236)
the HubBub bar end shifter does work with Nexus. That's the whole point of it.
M Riley |
Originally Posted by DerekU2
(Post 5429327)
If we in the states could get our hands on an Alfine trigger shifter, would that work with the Nexus?
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It's better to call and ask SRAM to make a carbon shifter for the drop bars.
SRAM already has a lighter carbon variant of their i-Motion 9-speed internal hub: http://www.sram-imotion.com/pdf/news/snn7_en.pdf |
^^^
Is it actually for sale though? |
Originally Posted by pluc
(Post 5432589)
The Alfine group is available in Canada, and it must be the same for the USA.
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Originally Posted by dynaryder
(Post 5428483)
At the current rate those are $202! :eek:
I'd just drop $20 for a REI Safari trekking bar and use regular brake levers. I've used the hub-bub. Admittedly it ain't cheap, but I thought it was quite a neat solution. http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2417/img04665xr.th.jpg |
Originally Posted by joelpalmer
(Post 5421287)
One of the nice things about the internal is the very slick, no extraneous parts hanging off the bike look that you get, and then there's the shifter :(
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Originally Posted by DerekU2
(Post 5434202)
Available or not, I'm just wondering if the Alfine shifter would work with the Nexus Hub. I would imagine it will because from what I've read the internals of the two hubs are identical.
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Originally Posted by DerekU2
(Post 5429327)
If we in the states could get our hands on an Alfine trigger shifter, would that work with the Nexus?
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