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Does anyone know if an Alfine hub uses the same cable pull as any other Shimano 8 speed sti?
...and do they have a built in cable outer stop so you don't need a braze-on on the frame? is that what that little arm is?
Alfine / Nexus has a different cable pull - you need the proper shifter.
The little arm does act as a cable stop - I ran full length gear cable outer when fitted to my ss frame and just used heatshrink sleeve to run it alongside the brake cable outer.
There are a number of axle anti-turn wahsers available - you can swap them about to get the cable to exit in different directions (depends on your dropout - I ended up swapping lh and rh washers to run cable tidily up the chainstay)
cheers mick_r. shame they changed the cable pull from standard stis 🙁
[url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/2009/11/drop-bar-levers-for-shimano-alfine/ ]these[/url] are the only drop bar option
apart from bar end shifters.
HTH
ouch! cheers for the link thomthumb