Originally Posted by
Jarrett2
The video said 4 batteries I believe. One in each shifter like a watch battery that lasts a year. Then interchangeable, rechargeable ones in the DR's that last 1000km/620 miles.
The cool thing they hinted at is if your RDR battery goes dead on a ride, you can pick a front ring, then move the battery to the RDR and get home.
Personally, I think having to deal with 4 different batteries instead of one, (even if you only have to change 2 of them infrequently) is about a wash, with the advantage of getting rid of wires.
There's obviously an initial setup advantage to wireless, but once you've got wired setup, the wires are extremely unobtrusive. So beyond a cool factor, I'm not sure wireless is that much of a step forward.