Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
How much less techniqueful can it get than STI? My bikes are all pretty much "click and snick" now. Maybe they could emplant electrcal contacts in your helmet so that just thinking about shifting will make your bike shift.
Amen to that. Even indexed downtube and bar end shifters at least had a direct and simple connection to the derailleurs. You move the lever, the cable moves the derailleur which moves the chain. With the brake lever shifters the action seems so disconnected from the result. Electronic shifting would take that disconnection to the next level. I guess after that they'll use servo motors and computer chips to simulate the feel and feedback of a real shifter.
