Originally Posted by
BloomingCyclist
From what I read, the electric shifting is most interesting for the time trial bikes (and that will mean triathlon bicycles too) because there can be shifting buttons on BOTH the ends of the extension bars AND the brake levers.
Shimano has also developed special buttons for the drops which will enable sprinters to shift without taking their hands out of the drops.
Once Shimano offers an Ultegra-grade gruppo w/electronic shifting I'll look at it more seriously, but not now.