In the last two weeks, I’ve written with some excitement about the possibility of running an internal gear drive train with a road bike setup with STI style shifter brakes. Bike Commuters let us know about a new bike, the Dynamic Synergy, that runs such a system with new shifters called the Versa from Taiwanese [...]
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Update on the STI shifter for internally geared hubs mystery: Versa VRS-8 Road Shifter
Bike Commuters let us know after our article earlier today that MicroShift is not the manufacturer of the mystery STI shifter/brake levers compatible with Shimano Alfine and Nexus internally geared hubs. While the casing my be done by MicroShift, Bike Commuters took a look at the innards and they are very different from MicroShifts ARSiS [...]
The Mystery of the STI style road shifter for Shimano Internally Geared Hubs
On Wednesday, we let you know about a new STI style road bar shifter/brake lever that was seen in a Bike Commuters review of the soon to be released Dynamic Synergy road bike. This shifter was of interest because it was compatible with Shimano’s Nexus and Alfine internal hubs giving road bike riders another option besides [...]
More options for Shimano internal hubs on road bike setups
Dynamic to offer bike with STI shifter to work with Shimano 8 Speed internal gear hubs For those of us who like both the general design of road bikes and internally geared hubs, our options have been few and far between in recent years. While Shimano’s 8 speed internal hubs are the same width as [...]
