Originally Posted by
PeteHski
Electric will not just dominate racing, it will more than likely dominate all mid-high end applications. 105 going electric has pretty much sealed that deal already. The lower end of the market will likely remain mechanical for the foreseeable future. Bike manufacturers will likely stop making provision for mechanical shifting on their high end frames as we already are starting to see in some cases.
So Ekar may well be the last new highish-end mechanical group. An electric version can’t be that far away.
I think Shimano will realize it's a mistake not to offer something better than Tiagra that doesn't require batteries.