View Poll Results: will your next bike have electronic shifting?
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will your next bike have electronic shifting?
05-01-15, 05:59 PM
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I might, depends on the bike
05-01-15, 10:34 PM
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NO!
Test rode Dura Ace Di-2 for 1,800 mile on our tandem when it first hit the market.
When it works it is great; when it fails (as it did in the middle of a hill climb) it leaves much to be desired.
Yes, they have improved it and have lowered the price a bit; No I don't want to use it.
Went back to 9 speed barcons: reliable, fixable, less complex and a hell of a lot less $$!
Just our input.
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
Test rode Dura Ace Di-2 for 1,800 mile on our tandem when it first hit the market.
When it works it is great; when it fails (as it did in the middle of a hill climb) it leaves much to be desired.
Yes, they have improved it and have lowered the price a bit; No I don't want to use it.
Went back to 9 speed barcons: reliable, fixable, less complex and a hell of a lot less $$!
Just our input.
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
05-01-15, 11:20 PM
#107
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I ride a 2013 Specialized Roubaix SL4 Expert (purchase date 03/30/13).
It has Di2 Ultegra electronic shifting.
It has given me zero problems and fast, effortless, perfect shifting for 11,842.7 miles.
I will never go back to pulling cables through housings to change gears.
So, yes my next bike will have electronic shifting.
It has Di2 Ultegra electronic shifting.
It has given me zero problems and fast, effortless, perfect shifting for 11,842.7 miles.
I will never go back to pulling cables through housings to change gears.
So, yes my next bike will have electronic shifting.
05-01-15, 11:54 PM
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No.
Its not in my price range. Tiagra 10spd seems fine to me. Cheap. Works. Easy as pie to set up.
Won't own disc brakes, either. On a road bike that is. My next MTB will have disc brakes!
Its not in my price range. Tiagra 10spd seems fine to me. Cheap. Works. Easy as pie to set up.
Won't own disc brakes, either. On a road bike that is. My next MTB will have disc brakes!
05-02-15, 06:39 PM
#109
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For partly non-mechanical transportation, it"s motorcycles and cars. And sometimes a truck. And if I could have put a manual transmission in my Outback. I would have.
i guess when it comes to bikes, I'm more of a purist. I want them as mechanical as possible.
i guess when it comes to bikes, I'm more of a purist. I want them as mechanical as possible.
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05-02-15, 10:44 PM
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05-11-15, 10:33 PM
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Regarding the debate over mechanical versus electronic…
The best shifting mechanical group I've ever ridden was a Shimano Ultegra 6600, on a bike which I built myself. No mechanic was ever able to tune that bike better than I could!
Currently I'm riding Shimano Ultegra 10-speed Di2. From my perspective, the best thing about electronic shifting is the automatic trim feature of the front derailleur. Although I know the idea of electronic shifting is that I can change gear with a simple touch, I miss the ergonomics of the manual shifting and wish that Shimano had retained that motion in the electronic levers.
I understand that SRAM is taking electronic shifting to the next level, in that their group will be wireless!
The best shifting mechanical group I've ever ridden was a Shimano Ultegra 6600, on a bike which I built myself. No mechanic was ever able to tune that bike better than I could!
Currently I'm riding Shimano Ultegra 10-speed Di2. From my perspective, the best thing about electronic shifting is the automatic trim feature of the front derailleur. Although I know the idea of electronic shifting is that I can change gear with a simple touch, I miss the ergonomics of the manual shifting and wish that Shimano had retained that motion in the electronic levers.
I understand that SRAM is taking electronic shifting to the next level, in that their group will be wireless!
05-11-15, 10:47 PM
#112
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What, me worry?
Not after what my LBS owner said,
"Here is your new bike, 100% charged. So you trust your system completely, do this for me:
Ride it until it goes nearly dead, you will know because it will go into battery conserve mode*, you will have 100 or more miles after that.
Then and only then charge it. This way you will know how very, very, very far a charge will take you.
After that test / bonding experience, just charge it once a month for good measure and peace of mind"
2 1/2 months later with over 1,500 miles on it, my system went into battery conserve mode*
*In battery conserve mode the front derailleur shifted into the small ring and then deactivated itself.
The rear derailleur worked across the full ten gear range of my cassette.
I rode 5 miles home and charged up.
Now I charge once month, takes about 1 1/2 hours for a full charge.
Purchase date 3/30/13 and now 11,920 flawless miles on my system.
05-12-15, 06:23 AM
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Maybe. I'm liking the concept of SRAM wireless and may go that route on my next bike, but it depends on a number of exogenous factors.
05-12-15, 07:09 AM
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05-12-15, 07:54 AM
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I actually prefer the feel of mechanical shifting! Electronic shifting is just 'dull'. (And certainly not lighter)
05-12-15, 07:43 PM
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Resounding hell no to electronic shifting and road discs. Till the day comes nothing else is available and what I have is no longer serviceable I won't ride a bike I have to plug in.
05-12-15, 07:59 PM
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Amen! Seems kinda retahdid, doesn't it? I mean, a vehicle which derives it's motive power from a human....but yet that human has to have an external power source to do something as simple and easy as changing gears!
05-12-15, 08:24 PM
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I can't do a dirty roadside repair on something that requires a computer science degree to service either.
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