Originally Posted by
lazerzxr
Having ridden Di2 and countless mechanical groups for 1000s of miles I can garantee that (with me at the helm al least) Di2 will rattle off a cassette quicker than any mechanical group. All the time is made up with lack of lever movement.
are you sure? one of my record10 equipped bikes will shift
all 10 cogs with one sweep of the lever. i also believe Cavendish complained about the lack of feedback and slow shifting on di2.
i dont disagree that
you personally may shift faster with di2 than
you on a cable group but you experience seems to buck the trend
i cant find speed comments but there is this from bikeradar:
Several of the component choices are unique to Cavendish's Flanders bike relative to those of his teammates. For one, he continues to use the standard Shimano Dura-Ace 7900 group instead of the electronic Di2 version used by most of the HTC-Columbia team. According to the team mechanics, Cavendish and the other sprinters on the squad prefer the feel and tactile feedback of the mechanical levers and are thus willing to forego some of the convenient Di2 niceties such as the recently introduced top-mounted remote shifters.