Originally Posted by
rydabent
IMO automatic shifting on a bike is an answer to a question they should not have been asked. Both my bike and trike have grip shift. Therefore a slight twist of the wrist will put me in any gear that I feel I need. Virtually all derailer systems are fully developed and shift quickly and quietly.
You could say the same about an automatic transmission in a car, yet they're still massively popular in the US.
Sure, bikes are a bit more of a niche market, not really having a lot of people interested in them that don't know how to shift, but maybe shifting is the activation barrier that most non-bike people can't overcome?
But I think the Nuvi constant gearing thing already solved that honestly.
Personally, I'd love to have an automatic shifting bike as long as I could play with the algorithm, simply for scientific and programming fun.
