![]() I was hanging out for a drop bar with mountainbike bar diameter. I noticed that flat-bar thumb shifters were being made made a couple of years ago for the first time but having two shifters was defeating simplicity of what the rohloff offers and wasn't ideal on a drop bar. The grip shifter never had a proper location with the Luxy bar however. So I did the obvious next evolution and upgraded to a rohloff. At this time I ran it 1 by 9 but no availability of a clutched 9speed rear derailleur mean't unexpected chain drops or a big cash lay-out for a 10speed brifter (at the time clutched rear mechs were very new too). I had a Ragley Luxy bar on it up till until recently with heavy Ultegra road brifters for braking and it was great for racing 6hr/12hr team lap races - short fast rides - but the drops were aggressive race low. The Alfine 11speed which it had from new proved to not be up to the task (drive mechanism in 2nd and 4th gears failed). From new it had a flat bar on a VRO stem for adjustability. "It's a build that has evolved from 2011 when I used it in China/Tibet from new. I was impressed by his inventive bike build. I met Joe Jagusch while waiting for someone else to finish the Tour Aotearoa the other day. ![]()
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