Shimano Di2 on Cannondale concept bike
09-08-09, 05:40 PM
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Shimano Di2 on Cannondale concept bike
Not sure where else to post this, but hey, I think this counts as an electronic gadget --
https://picasaweb.google.com/Raelx13/...adboyUltimate#
Here's the gist of it:
- Lefty rigid fork
- Di2 (love it or hate it, or be indifferent to it, it's what they used here)
- Internal routing of hydraulic brake lines and Di2 shifter wires
- Looks like the Di2 control unit is in the top of the steerer tube
- Trick feature: Custom shift buttons installed inside the hand grips.
As a practical bike, it's got a lot of limitations (rack or fender mounts? What if you don't like the grips?), but I think it's interesting as far showing what can be done with Di2. They say their intent was to make a clean-looking bike with as few exposed cables as possible, and the total exposed shifter wiring is about 4".
https://picasaweb.google.com/Raelx13/...adboyUltimate#
Here's the gist of it:
- Lefty rigid fork
- Di2 (love it or hate it, or be indifferent to it, it's what they used here)
- Internal routing of hydraulic brake lines and Di2 shifter wires
- Looks like the Di2 control unit is in the top of the steerer tube
- Trick feature: Custom shift buttons installed inside the hand grips.
As a practical bike, it's got a lot of limitations (rack or fender mounts? What if you don't like the grips?), but I think it's interesting as far showing what can be done with Di2. They say their intent was to make a clean-looking bike with as few exposed cables as possible, and the total exposed shifter wiring is about 4".
09-08-09, 06:25 PM
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I'm sure others could make comments about other aspects which make it unsuitable for them, the thing that would really choke me, is it's a lot harder to switch to right/front braking.
09-08-09, 06:37 PM
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Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
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Yeah, true. A pair of new brake lines and some rerouting will fix that, but even so, it sure wouldn't be as simple.
