Originally Posted by
PeteHski
I've got plenty of mechanical watches, but I don't really equate those with shifting gear on a bike.
I do quite like the click, click action of SRAM 1x mechanical mtb trigger shifts, but floppy road brifters not so much, especially when shifting the front mech up. That is not a very nice mechanical feel to me. So I was happy to go electronic there.
Agree. Pretending that Shimano or SRAM mechanical shifters are somehow the same as a luxury watch is hilarious.
It's the manual crank windows of the groupset world. They worked fine for years, though were mostly forgettable. The motors work better and the vast majority of people will happily move on without ever thinking about them again. It seems very likely that electronic shifting, like power windows, will soon just be standard on bikes, rather than marketed as a top-tier upgrade.