Originally Posted by
Bill Kapaun
The thought of automatic shifting has never appealed to me. I'm likely to want to shift at different "thresholds", depending if it's early in my ride and I'm "fresh", or later when I'm more fatigued.
Oh yeah, that's another thing. The Auto Bike shifts a little too early for me, keeping your cadence low. I like to spin. Plus you always have the drag of the derailleur on the pie plate, which gets worse in the higher gears because of the spring tension. Still, they are unique.