Originally Posted by
Bald Paul
Please don't take that as an insult. I was merely trying to point out that if everyone shot down ideas in innovation without at least trying them, where would we be today?
I would bet Shimano have already tried this on road bikes and shelved it. Now they are pitching it for e-bike and more casual recreational use. I’ve also seen it on a DH mtb. I haven’t looked if SRAM have something similar, but you would think they would have evaluated auto shifting by now.