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Old 07-22-09 | 08:28 AM
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Bikes: A beautiful columbus steel frame, 1986 Schwinn Voyageur touring bike, Currently Undergoing Overhaul

Originally Posted by dabac
But only partly. Satellite switch, fine. Auto trim, great. The dual control lever looks nice too.

But as far as I can tell it's still the left lever that operates the FD and the right that operates the RD.
I'd like to see a small brain in there keeping track of which derailer to activate, leaving me to only push "up" or "down" and have the bike sort the rest out.
I'd also appreciate some sort of "auto start" feature that'd downshift automatically when I'm coming to a stop to prevent me from getting stranded in an intersection in a gear I can't effectively take off from.
That would be really cool, or even (I'm a programmer), a micro SD card in the (single) shifter that would allow you to remove it, plug it into your computer, and program the auto-start's and shift preferences.
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