Originally Posted by
redfooj
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?
Obviously all those systems work, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a better way to do it.
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