Clem Skehan asks a question:
Greetings restoring a 1948 Carlton that I got on ebay years ago.?This bike came with a Sturmey Archer 4 speed and drop bars.?Componants on the bike appear to be original.??Is there a Right, Prober or Perfered place to mount the Sturmey?triger on the drop bars?? Thanks for the help? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I most commonly have seen the triggers mounted just below the right brake lever, in the curve of the drop. Angled inward, to not interfere with the brake operation.
Personally, I prefer to mount 'em out at the end of the drop section, sort of like a modern bar-end shifter. Just feels better to me, and doesn't interfere with pulling in the drops. My Ephgrave with ASC is set up this way, and I think that Dan Artley's Jack Taylor with ASC is, too. But he has the proper ASC trigger, and I make do with an FW trigger.
harvey sachs mcLean va (but spent ~ 3 years on the east side of the Cleveland Metro area)