The reality is that the bicycle took a VERY long time to evolve to be the simple, light HUMAN powered and operated machine it is today. It all about maximizing the puny amount of energy we humans output to make the most efficient means to move and to operate it from point A to B. Adding electro-servo motors to replace muscle power is the antithesis to what a bicycle is all about in the first place.

For me personally i can't stand electronic shifting, feels like there is a disconnect from the bike. As far as racing i think it's kind of BS they use it, but i really don't care

Glad to see that some of the posters get it.

It's not about trying to define biking for the world it's just that I like to call a fish a fish and a horse a horse. Let's not blur the lines too much.

If electronic shifters are as smooth as most bike computers I'll see the rest of you standing around the start of the ride fiddling with them for twenty minutes before you can begin.