Originally Posted by kahn
Can I read anything interesting into the "can't YET" phrasing? (G) Is Shimano or others got something interesting cooking?
But of course!
I don't have any inside information on this, but I have a good memory.
When the move from 6-speed to 7-speed occurred, for the first couple of years it was only in the so-called "road" parts and close ratio clusters.
The same was true of the transition from 7-speed to 8-speed, and from 8-speed to 9-speed.
I see no reason to expect this pattern to change.
See also:
http://sheldonbrown.com/carapace.html#thin
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