Originally Posted by
CB HI
Think of how many times you have anticipated and performed a down shift just before beginning a climb; especially mountain biking. "Automatic shifter" is just one more fail in my view.
Not only that, all the downshifts while coasting to a stop sign. I think at this point I never even think about it, I just do it automatically.
It's been a long time since I saw that device, but IIRC it operated completely mechanically somehow, no electronics or anything like the device on the link above.