Originally Posted by
Murf524
Is anyone else excited about the electronic shifting?
Hmmmmmmmm.
Cable stretch is EASY to address; about a 1/4 turn on the in-line cable adjuster every 500 miles or so seems to do the trick.
Now, lets look at electronics.. It needs a power source (there's a laundry list of issues right there), it must cope with moisture and the corrosive power of persperation, and it must also deal with RFI from various sources (overhead power lines being the most prevailent)... the same types of RFI that hose-up heart rate monitors and wireless speed sensors that have merely two to three feet between the transmitter and receiver. So, what could go wrong?
Anyway, my answer would be no.... I"m not excited about electronic shifting, anymore than I'm excited by replacing my chains with kevlar belts.