An update on my winter Pompino. Last winter it was a single speed. Now modified with an Alfine 8 speed hub. Now I could have just bought a new frame from on-one but not after the Browne review!
I used Sheldon's method with a large block of wood to cold set the frame to 135mm.
The gear change is a bit Heath Robinson for now, using an extension bar and a trigger shifter.
Im not shortening that cable till i decide on a final solution either one of theseshttp://jtekengineering.com/jtek_bar-end_shifter.htm
Or this hideously expensive Shimano lever
http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/BLVEVRS8/versa-vrs-8-brake-levers-pair-for-alfine-8sp-
Rest of the bike as last year, Race Face chainring, candy bros pedals, Schmidt hub dynamo with disk, Nokian studded snow tyres
Still to come, front lo rider carrier, Solidlights dynamo front led, rear wheel nuts to tow the Yak Bob. One day it may get a disk on the rear.
Hows it ride? The Alfine is smooth and silent.
