EKAR shifter guts into rim brake body

[jtakeda]

Not sure how I missed this originally but this is great news.

Thanks for the investigation OP and thanks to nighthawk for the donor

[prototoast]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Pretty sure with an older 10s/11s/12s wheel you need a axle and N3W free hub body also not sure about that. BUT not sure about finding an QR axle that is compatible with the 13s N3W FHB. Looking above, ONLY disc brake wheels can be converted, not QR wheels

This is probably an expensive solution, but it would probably work with a Rotor 13 speed cassette on a Shimano freehub.

[cgolvin]

Much appreciated, OP. Seems not a viable solution after all given the wheel situation. Oh well.

[nighthawk]

Originally Posted by cgolvin

Much appreciated, OP. Seems not a viable solution after all given the wheel situation. Oh well.

Not necessarily cost effective or practical, but couldn’t someone lace a disc hub (without rotor installed) to a rimbrake rim and so have the ekar freehub and compatibility with rim brakes?

[Alexi]

Originally Posted by cgolvin

Much appreciated, OP. Seems not a viable solution after all given the wheel situation. Oh well.

Couldn’t one use a WI or DT hub with a campy driver?

[jimcav]

Enve sells a N3W freehub: from their website
Campagnolo N3W Freehub – 100-4001-450
Compatible with Campagnolo 13 speed specific cassettes. QR and Thru-Axle End caps included.

their website says it works for "ENVE Alloy and 2nd generation Carbon hubs"

I think I read elsewhere it is made by Mavic for them, but regardless, why can't you just swap the freehub, put on your 13 speed cassette, and do the EKAR guts shift as per this thread?

Maybe it is my mainly MTB'ing, but I like the idea of taking a frame (for me prob. vintage steel) and doing a 1x13 with guts-swapped Ekar and ENVE carbon hoops with the N3W (or Bora WTO tubeless with the N3W if possible).

[cgolvin]

I don't claim to understand the wheel issue myself. In fact this Campagnolo SKU looks to me to do exactly what I want.

[sparky33]

I have a right Ekar shifter lever that started giving me fussy shifts. (They sent me a new new one to use) If you want the old fussy one for experimentation, you can have for the cost of shipping. $10, I guess. PM…

[Gwerziou]

I see this in another thread; Rock Lobster canti bike running Ekar. Go to "Dirtphalt Unleashed: The Full Ver-Monty!"

You can get N3W quick-release rim brake wheels in aluminum or carbon from White Industries, for example.

[cgolvin]

Originally Posted by Gwerziou

I see this in another thread; Rock Lobster canti bike running Ekar. Go to "Dirtphalt Unleashed: The Full Ver-Monty!"

You can get N3W quick-release rim brake wheels in aluminum or carbon from White Industries, for example.

That's Angry's, documented here. Yes he's running an Ekar RD but it's with a 10 speed cassette and a bar-end friction shifter, so no Ekar shifter guts to worry about.

Back on topic, I noticed that someone had offered up a balky Ekar shifter for the cost of shipping (can't find it now EDIT d'oh, it's two posts above) -- if I had a shifter body to donate I'd ask OP to Frankenstein one up for me, but I don't. Maybe someone else wants to volunteer?

[ahumblecycler]

I’ll offer up a 2009-2010 carbon Centaur 10-speed US to OP.

[cgolvin]

Originally Posted by ahumblecycler

I’ll offer up a 2009-2010 carbon Centaur 10-speed US to OP.

Very generous.

Waddaya say, Peter, are you willing to invest some time in this project if we arrange to deliver the parts to you? Would you need to have an Ekar RD to test it?

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by sparky33

I have a right Ekar shifter lever that started giving me fussy shifts. (They sent me a new new one to use) If you want the old fussy one for experimentation, you can have for the cost of shipping. $10, I guess. PM…

Gee, I'll take it. Like to give me or experiment and send back?

I have bodies, 11s, Gumby shape. If I can have the fussy lever, like to keep, I'll see if I can get the guts into a 11s, rim brake, body.

Big part of it is removing the disc brake stuff around the lever. To remove the brake lever. Never done that.

I 'think' all I would need is the toothed 13s bushing up front and the actual 13s disc in back and the 13s take-up spool..

[sparky33]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Gee, I'll take it. Like to give me or experiment and send back?

I have bodies, 11s, Gumby shape. If I can have the fussy lever, like to keep, I'll see if I can get the guts into a 11s, rim brake, body.

Big part of it is removing the disc brake stuff around the lever. To remove the brake lever. Never done that.

I 'think' all I would need is the toothed 13s bushing up front and the actual 13s disc in back and the 13s take-up spool..

Perfect. Yours to keep. I got your PM.

[Gwerziou]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Gee, I'll take it. Like to give me or experiment and send back?

I have bodies, 11s, Gumby shape. If I can have the fussy lever, like to keep, I'll see if I can get the guts into a 11s, rim brake, body.

Big part of it is removing the disc brake stuff around the lever. To remove the brake lever. Never done that.

I 'think' all I would need is the toothed 13s bushing up front and the actual 13s disc in back and the 13s take-up spool..

Any thoughts on if it might be possible to bring the Ekar 'C' lever over as well?