[rich caramadre]

Can a shimano nexus hub be used with a barend shifter? If not what options do you have with drop bars?

Rich

 

[prude]

Some people have bored out the shifter clamp on Alfine shifters for use on drop bars. Other than that; supposedly J-Tek is finalizing an adapter for STI/bar-end.

 

[vikb]

Here is one solution:

http://thelazyrandonneur.blogspot.com/2008/08/bar-end-shifters-and-ighs.html

 

[prude]

I've heard of this, but I was reluctant to recommend it without having tried it myself. The resistance to shifting between 4&5 that they refer to simply represents the ring-gear shift within the hub, and is not a result of the shifter setup. All-in-all, it looks to be pretty sweet...

 

[jjabkrvt]

Try this

http://www.oldspokeshome.com/blog/?p=119

 

[vsnofjohana]

I did this last year with a shimano 8 speed and a Nexus 8and it works great. All you have to do is mount a inline travel agent (achieve the right cable pull), on the chain stay. I also ended up not using the cable guide on the nexus 8 to achieve a strait cable line from the travel agent to the hub.

 

[HandsomeRyan]

I fabbed up a holder out of some scrap steel I had in my garage. If you weld, this could be a solution...

I don't have any pics of the adapter before it was installed but I can MS Paint something if you'd like.