Experimenting with a 4 speed Sturmey on one of my older mounts ( a road/path frame)
Struggling to get the gear lever in a suitable place to select all 4 gears .
Anyone out there running one that could give me a clue where it might work?
I had it just below the brake lever and slightly offset Looked fine but the lever wouldn't come far enough back to get it into the easiest gear, lever coming against the bend of the bars.
Sturmey Archer 4 lever on drop bars
Re: Sturmey Archer 4 lever on drop bars
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simonineaston
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Re: Sturmey Archer 4 lever on drop bars
Seen here, in use on a record attempt. Link to original image file.
http://www.sturmey-archerheritage.com/i ... ic-492.jpg
- Sturmey Archer 4 speed trigger
S
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
Re: Sturmey Archer 4 lever on drop bars
Interesting, that's close to where I had mine (based on a memory of our old CTC Section leaders bike) but it was coming down almost parralell with the brake lever , if I have it like the photo the bars wouldn't foul it (I hope) so thanks for that, as ever, there's usually someone on here that has been there before !
Simon is that John Woodburn doing the end to end on a Moulton ?
Simon is that John Woodburn doing the end to end on a Moulton ?
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simonineaston
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Re: Sturmey Archer 4 lever on drop bars
It is John Woodburn, but as far as I know, the photo was taken during one of his Cardiff to London runs.
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(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
Re: Sturmey Archer 4 lever on drop bars
My first Moulton was a series 2 F which had been retro befitted with drops.
The Sturmey shifter was located as a bar end shifter and it worked really well for me.
The Sturmey shifter was located as a bar end shifter and it worked really well for me.
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rogerzilla
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Re: Sturmey Archer 4 lever on drop bars
Same here (although this is a 3 speed AM, in the paper-thin alloy shell, natch).
The problem comes with 4 speed triggers and flat bars. They have to go on a curve, or hanging off the end, because of the lever travel in 1/super low. Neither of these is possible with a flat bar. Drop bars - no probs.