Originally Posted by rpenmanparker

Your theories are cute, but won't hold up when the technology is finally available commercially. It will be so good, no pro will be able to do without it. Wait and see. You insist on pretending that knowing how to shift proficiently makes one disinterested in auto shifting. Nothing could be further from the truth. Adopting auto shifting won't characterize someone as being inept in bikes any more than it actually did in cars. Thinking otherwise is just a mind game you are playing on yourself.