Originally Posted by
San Rensho
I just don't see any functional advantage to e-shifting. Its still a deralleur system, which means the limiting factor on the speed of a shift is going to be a combination of cadence and the amount of torque being applied. If you are out of the saddle, pushing on the pedals as hard as you can at a cadence of 70, an upshift is going to be pretty slow, and e-shifting will make it no faster.
In fact, it will, and according to what I've read, already has. Not appreciably in every situation, but on average, most likely.
Originally Posted by
San Rensho
Automatic switching between chainrings to get sequential gearing? I don't want that. I'm lugging up a hill and decide to downshift and the e-shifter has to get to the small CR and up several cogs at the same time? Thank you no, I will get on the small CR right before I start the climb.
Optional, of course. You could easily have a "mode" button on the shifter to toggle between sequential and regular, and perhaps other shifting modes.
Again, if you don't like it, just don't use it in the future. If I happen to like it, and see real and useful benefits, then why can't you accept that?