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can it be done , can it be done pretty , can it be done comfortably and ergonomically .....
my better judgement says no - but i leave it to you the STW panel of bodgers to point me n the direction of pictures that say it can be done .....
yes, thorn sell all their tourers as such,
mount the shifter on the end of the drop.
i think they sell a mount too.
dont seem to show it on their site ton...
just been for a gander - there site is a nucking fightmare though .... if ever there was a crap website design - thats number 2 .......
i am too good 😆
wow - they really put a whole shit load of thought into that .....
thats like a reason NOT to buy a rohloff that is right there ! shit its making a flat bar with drop bar extensions look attractive and acceptable ....
that really is the epitome of design engineering so it is ... functional in the loosest sense of the word ....
so is that contraption the best the world can come up with to solve putting a rohloff on drops .... dont make me buy butterfly bars boys !you wouldnt like me if i had to ride butterfly bars !
Pretty and ergonomic? Not IMO. If you want both those things and can be satisfied with an Alfine then you can use the Versa or J-Tek shifter which are both much neater solutions than anything I've seen with a Rohloff. The best Rohloff ones I've seen are two part bars - some home bodged ones using a 25.4 bar cut in half, then a sleeve put around it to take it up to 31.8.
[url= http://www.mittelmeyer.de/html/rennlenker.htm ]there is a german firm that makes a drop compatible shifter[/url]
93 Euro though!
Or you can go for the drop extensions like I did for £12 from fleabay:
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Not pretty but they're functional enough.
can you get something similar for alfine hubs?
hmmm alfine requires the use of a silly large chainring to get more than 84" gearing ... ideally want nearer 100 max ..
but its a possibility - saves me a grand over the rohloff 😉
I've seen one of these
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Minoura-Minoura-SG1-SpaceGrip-Handlebar-Mounted-Accessory-Extension-Bracket--120-mm-Long-4101.htm
used to mount a shifter to the centre of some drop bars so that the shifter is in a more reasonable position.