Originally Posted by
mike868y
No but if you ride in a lot of crappy weather, you have to replace them every 2000-3000 miles, the electric cables on di2 should last much longer than that.
All of us clowns can manage to charge our cell phone every night, I highly doubt that when electronic shifting takes off (and it will) we will have a hard time remembering to charge our di2.
i agree with what you're saying to a point. bottom line is that i dont think they will work all of the kinks out of electronic shifting until the price comes down, and many more everyday enthusiasts have it, to collect more data.
i dont know what's out there honestly, but i dont know how well di2 is going to do with prolonged exposure to crappy conditions (a few years of riding wet, salty, cold / hot, sandy roads). time will tell, for sure.