Originally Posted by
DropBarFan
I'd like to see Campagnolo make some nice Rohloff brifters. Many of the drop-bar shifters require moving a hand off the bar entirely or else moving hand to the center etc. Seems kinda absurd to pay $1K for an IGH & suffer a penalty in ease/control. Actually, in future, Rohloff or other IGHs w/large # of gears might be ideal for electronic shifting. Voice-control would be an easy addition to that; consideration of hand position obviated; just say "Shift-N"!
In post 52 above I gave a link, repeated here:
22 Ways to Run Rohloff Shifters with Road Drop Handlebars | CyclingAbout Currently number 7 is an electronic shifter, but it looks big and clunky.
One problem with trying to use any non-Rohloff shifter on a Rohloff is that the indexing for the Rohloff is inside the hub. Thus the shifting cables are slack at all times except when you want to shift. But all other shifting methods rely on the indexing method to be in the shifter. If you wait a couple more years for a 14 speed cassette to be made by one of the derailleur firms, their 14 speed brifter will not function on a Rohloff because the two indexing systems would likely fight with each other.
An ideal system would be to use a paddle type shifter like the Cinq5, but mount it near the brake levers like the Kelly Takeoff shift mounts.
Kelly Bike Company
Then you are riding on the hoods you could just push a lever with a thumb to upshift and the other thumb to downshift.