Originally Posted by
oldnslow2
Hey, you charge your cell phone every night so what's the problem with charging the bike every month or so. And with wireless charging soon available, it might just charge by itself whenever its in the garage.
I have a few reservations. "Wireless" charging is a bit of a misnomer, it's inductive charging. My phone has this capability, I set it down on a pad and it charges. The big limitation with this technology is proximity, a distance of more than a few milimeters between the charging surface and the device and you get no power. Knowing that I don't see how it would be applicable to bikes, and inductive charging is actually a relatively old technology, having existed since the late 1980's. It hasen't changed much since then and I haven't heard about any recent breakthroughs that would extend the range or effeciency.
As for charging it the old fashioned way, the SRAM group uses a seperate battery for each derailleur, that's two batteries to keep charged. My main concern is it dying in the middle of a ride, or getting wet.
Furthermore, I think it's safe to say cables are always going to exist on a bike for the braking system. If you have to have them anyway, why not have all of them.