Sturmey shifter on a Nexus 3

[mikeeebikey]

I read in my travels in Rat rod bikes, that a sturmey Archer shifter would work on a Shimano nexus 3. It works!
My wife didn't like my home made suicide shifter, she kept saying, "smaller, it's to big."
So I kept looking for a lever to go onto a grip shifter she would accept, moving my newly aquired sturmey stuff she said, "that one is perfect, thank you," and went inside...
So I am standing there thinking, "women! " and of course, "will it work?" I remembered reading it would, so I tried it.

Works great! Adjust it in second, no problems and it looks great!

 

[expjawa]

I'd caution that S-A uses a different cable travel length between 1-2 than between 2-3, whereas Shimano does not. That means that if you've got it set up right for one gear change, the other will be off somewhat. I would make sure that you're actually getting full engagement at both gear changes and that you aren't running partially engaged.

 

[mikeeebikey]

Thank you for the information, I will proceed with cation...
And report my findings here....

 

[kingfish254]

You may want to consider a vintage Shimano thumb shifter instead.

 

[Nagant]

I really like the older Shimano thumb shifter that Kingfish shows. The Nexus twist shifters seem sloppy to me. A little pressure in one direction or other and the hub will start to shift. There is no positive lock position on Shimano twist shifters I own. The thumb shifter has what I would call locking positions for each gear. Therefore once adjusted correctly I have never had the slightly out of gear occurrence that happens with the twist shifter.

You may want to consider a vintage Shimano thumb shifter instead.

 

[mikeeebikey]

You may want to consider a vintage Shimano thumb shifter instead.

Yup, that is what i was planning!
But, somehow, she managed to change my out look....women.
Anyway, put about 20 miles on it, shifter worked great. I even rode it like a tired road guy, kept shifting constantly with no problems.

 

[Bicycle808]

That's weird, b/c the shifts are spaced differently.

They do make this, although it's probably not the price/style that you're looking for.

http://www.niagaracycle.com/categor...shimano-nexus-3-speed-right-hand-black-silver

 

[mikeeebikey]

Thanks 808, that is a cool shifter.

 

[Bicycle808]

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