Just when you thought electronic shifting was the ultimate.......

[Adam4868]

I've never tried it...electronic shifting that is.I guess I'm scared I'll like it and have to spend some money !

 

[oldwheels]

My trike has Alfine rear hub which is electronic and can have manual or automatic. Auto gives far too high gearing so I stick to manual.
Not too sure about it and much too complicated for me to fix any problems which may arise.
I think I preferred the Ice trike with manual only changing.

 

[the_mikey]

Get ready for touchless shifting or even voice activated, plus more tech developments:

https://road.cc/content/tech-news/SRAM-Rapha-Assos-Hunt-Syncros-Pirelli-302661

Given there's a significant number of people who don't want to talk to AI bots, voice assistants or even answer the phone these days, I'm not convinced of the reasoning for voice activated anything other than assisting someone with a disability , it just sounds worse than a switch in most cases, but as already mentioned, if you don't patent it, you won't profit from it when someone does eventually build it.

 

[fossyant]

Did Di2 solve any particular problem?

Other than it won't be working in 30 years when you can't replace the 'wires'.

 

[Bollo]

Other than it won't be working in 30 years when you can't replace the 'wires'.

Di2 yes, SRAM no - there aren't any wires.

There's a debate about open standards or licensing for electronic groupsets to open up the market to third party manufacturers and improve long-term supportability, but that's not what this thread is about.

If it's a proxy for another round of "isn't electronic shifting silly" then I'm tapping out. It's all been said soooooo many times already.

 

[Cycleops]

They are well-known for patenting all sorts of things with the suspicion being they are merely trying to insure they get a cut of the pie should anyone get the ideas to work and to market.

Just as well in some cases:

 

[cyberknight]

Like rim brakes getting a bike with cables is going to be harder to get.i know SRAM are going to support it for a while but for " budget conscious" aka skint folk like me it means running lower end stuff

 

[Sunny Portrush]

So if I say "What f@@@@@ng gear am I in, it will tell me lol

 

[Windle]

So if I say "What f@@@@@ng gear am I in, it will tell me lol

Normally when I've got to that stage it's the bottom one anyway