Nexus 7 stick shift??
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If it currently has a Shimano grip shifter, the shifter can be converted to a stick shift. There are two or three threads floating around the forum with examples from numerous people.
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Or you could try to modify a rapid fire Nexus shifter (make the thumb part into a lever) - the advantage being that the lever would always stay in the same position.
I know those but there is no rat in there.
Microshift make thumshifters for nexus/alfine that you could probably convert to a stick.
The rat comes from within the heart, not the shifter.
If it's Yoda, then its..The Rat comes from within the heart, not the shifter.
Not from the shifter, but from within the heart, the rat comes.
For me rat comes from making your stuff from what you have, not what you can buy.
Anyway, this problem is no longer. I make my own from the scrap I have.
Sometimes what you have is scrap, sometimes what you have is money.
Sometimes what you have is empty pockets.
So must be then the frame also be made by myself for the bike to be a rat? What about the fork? What about pedals? What about bearings? Chain? Cables and housings? Where do we draw a line? Or is it a headlight bracket enough for a bike to be a rat as long as the bracket is self fabricated? What about repurposing stuff? I saw quill stems used as clip-on bars. Where does this fit? 
Also what you have on hand has usually been bought at some point - as a part of a whole bike maybe, or as a part. Also many people like to buy used parts in order to achieve a particular look or because it is cheaper. So how many self fabricated parts are required for a rat?
What about my daily bike, probably 20 years old diamond frame, with ahead adapter on a quill stem, dropped from 28" to 26" on knobbies (a really nasty ride, especially with the dynamo rubbing on them which makes the bell vibrate), scratched paint and some rust, bobbed 80mm wide fenders. Would that be considered a rat or a custom?
Also what you have on hand has usually been bought at some point - as a part of a whole bike maybe, or as a part. Also many people like to buy used parts in order to achieve a particular look or because it is cheaper. So how many self fabricated parts are required for a rat?
What about my daily bike, probably 20 years old diamond frame, with ahead adapter on a quill stem, dropped from 28" to 26" on knobbies (a really nasty ride, especially with the dynamo rubbing on them which makes the bell vibrate), scratched paint and some rust, bobbed 80mm wide fenders. Would that be considered a rat or a custom?
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No one answer this question! You'll break rule #9 if you do!So how many self fabricated parts are required for a rat?
