Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
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Both Di2, and STI are not intuitive for new users. The same lever gives you an easier gear when it's on the left, and harder gear when it's on the right.
Meh. Its not mentally taxing to commit to memory how 2 levers maps to binary derailleurs.
Ive owned and used shifters on DT, bar-ends, twist, trigger, those funky XTR dual-control pods, ergopower, sti, etc. All different in implementation, but at the end of the day its not exactly like conducting an orchestra while controlling air traffic.
It feels like bicyclists sometime unecessarily embellish the complication of what is, in spirit, one of the most elegantly simple machine designed by man.
Or maybe my bar is set too high?