Anyone interested in electronic shifting?
08-12-11 | 08:28 AM
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Too bad that my wife, youngest daughter and two sons are not nearly as mechanically inclined.
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"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
08-12-11 | 08:29 AM
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Yes she did. I'll ask her to email me her dissertation and let me quote some portions here.
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"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
08-12-11 | 11:23 AM
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For instance, I love indexed shifting. I would hate to go back to friction shifting (except maybe on the front derailleur). But with indexed shifting, when something goes wrong (and, granted, it often does) I can easily fix it, usually without even stopping the bike. With electronic shifting, it sounds like the system is designed to be able to adjust itself, and that's fantastic. You could probably go years without having to worry about it. But when it breaks is it going to be something I can fix, or am I going to be dropping $500 for a replacement part?
I.e.: If your STI brake/shifter goes south, you'll probably have to replace it (unless it's Campy...); same with Di2. Di2 might even be a bit more serviceable, where you can order a replacement lever with the shift buttons rather than just a mechanical brake lever, no shifter guts.
If you crash and mangle your rear der, I'm not sure of too many you could actually service with replacement parts -- you're replacing the entire derailleur whether traditional or Di2. Cost is higher for the electronic shifting components...
But if you're just talking adjustment, you can do the same kind of rear der trim on electronic stuff that you can do on mechanical stuff, while riding, from the cockpit. No front der adjustment as it keys off the RD, unless there's an issue with the limit screws. ...in which case you are getting off the bike to futz with whether you have mechanical or electronic shifting.
08-15-11 | 05:17 PM
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I thought this new article from Velonews was worth pointing out to anyone interested in electronic shifting. It claims that Ultegra Di2 is better then Dura Ace Di2, at half the cost.
https://velonews.competitor.com/2011/...um=most-viewed
https://velonews.competitor.com/2011/...um=most-viewed
08-15-11 | 06:06 PM
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Bikes: Some bikes. Hell, they're all the same, ain't they?
Our own '75 Valiant's slant-six outlasted the rest of the car. Took us on a three-week journey around the eastern half of the US in '84, too. I don't remember its mileage when we sold it in the late 80's (might have had it till 1990), but it went to a farmer who said it would be a good starter car for his daughter.
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