Originally Posted by
RTDub
I don't doubt that Di2's functionality is here to stay, and it's not all bad, it's just another level of componentry. Change the way a bike works, and then we can talk. Di2 doesn't involve doing anything different from an operator's standpoint.
I don't know, doesn't it autotrim? And then there were those mountain bike folks that came out with a modded up version of Di2 a year or 2 ago that was set up so you only needed one shift lever as it figured gear ratios for you and automatically figured what should come next and you just hit up or down. Bring that mod in to all levels down to sora or so and you'll have a better analogy for automatic vs manual shifting and get more people who think "shifting is too complicated" (and yes they exist) out on the roads. Whether you want them or not is up to you.
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?), 1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"