micro shift is anotherv TW company Tring for Market share good luck to them in getting much OEM spec Business from the Huge contract Bike Manufacturers
that make the Many Brands we see today.
but goes on to say the Rohloff is what must be compared To, & does a reliable Job and
I note, is not playing in the Planned Obsolescence game that the Derailleur drive train makers all compete with each other in
the adding "speeds" Bells and whistles so when the next Industry trade show opens they can say New! Improved !
R'off is Marketing Boring by designing it right in the first place, then having nothing really much to do to make it different after that..
red was Powder coat , now anodized the Logo sticker replaced by Laser etching, the heavy Tandem riders got them to produce 36 hole Hub-shell
new grip shifter works with Carbon Fiber MTB bars ( cables are now, super easy to put in, BTW) pretty low key stuff ..
Most of the Product manager sniveling about the triple crank is complicated by the Push to 10 & it Goes to 11 cassettes
and the slap it, the crankset, out of the box needsa of the Asian Factory assembly Line Cost cutting.. and the Crank factories dont put the perfect combo in the Box.
They dont change them Nor want to open the Boxed Bike, because they dont want a pile of removed parts in the import warehouse .. But NB
at the retail end there is no one stopping you from taking off those 30T, 3rd rings and putting on something smaller ..
Once its in the dealer' shop You can do anything You want ..
Same guys Make what Sturmey Archer has for Bar ends and thumb shifters.. probably who Versus went to for the Alfine Brifter ..
The little Island dominates the Bike Biz Because they are eager to sell what you want them to Make as Long as the Credit line is there to pay For It.