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- Inside my skull
Friction shifting for the win.
Electronic shifting thoughts.
- Thread starter Seevio
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The latest bike with Sram 12 speed wifi is flat bar, I have fitted some inner bar ends, which give a similar position to been on the hoods.
Seeing as I haven't used the drops since TT days in the early 1980's I don't miss them, but having the extra control of the flat bars off road is definitely a bonus.
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
I'd definitely give it a go because I love gadgets. It's a bit pricey though, and I have relatively new 105 brifters on my bike so I won't be replacing them for a while.
I also have an aesthetic objection to the mechanical complexity of brifters. So it's friction or electronic for me as an ideal.
I also have an aesthetic objection to the mechanical complexity of brifters. So it's friction or electronic for me as an ideal.
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
You could also program a "lucky dip" button. That would be fun
rogerzilla
Squire
39 x 28 just as you're going into that sprint for the line?
Shearwater Missile
Veteran
- Location
- Stowmarket
I hav`nt had straight bars since 1972 but then I have not cycled off road. By the same token all my bikes run 700x25.
Is that the modern day equivalent to reaching for the dowtube shifter of your ride companion?
Narrowist I have run recently have been 700x28, I have 3 rideable bikes at the moment 700x35 700x45 and the MTB 700x52, I have just been gifted a bike in bits, it has 700x25 fitted but if I eventually get it on the road I will fit the widest tyres the frame will take, it has an immovable alloy seatpost in a carbon frame, the good news is the id of the stuck seatpost is 27.2mm so salvageable, busy scraping the paint off at the moment, if all good I will polish and lacquer the plain carbon, it has alloy inserts where the cables enter the frame, these are slightly corroded, so a good inspection is needed.
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kingrollo
Legendary Member
Love it. On my 4th group set 3 Shimano and 1 Sram.
Totally reliable.
Do be aware though that when an electronic group set begins to wear out (6 years IME) it's very expensive swapping parts in - new shifters for example £200 each - front derailleur close to that as well.
Totally reliable.
Do be aware though that when an electronic group set begins to wear out (6 years IME) it's very expensive swapping parts in - new shifters for example £200 each - front derailleur close to that as well.
Good job I have mechanical brifters (and ride alone anyway)
kingrollo
Legendary Member
Syncro shift on shimino does the above. AFIK it's on or off .
Used it for a while - but didn't like a surprise chain shift when climbing.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Only if you don't put a pin code on your Di2
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
Why would you want to have a phone app be able to change gear for you???
I mean - ok there is testing - but you still have the button on the bars
so - just why???
I presume no-one has a phone mounted on their bars and uses it to change gear when riding???
I say presume because - well - you know - people
