mr Mag00
rising member
- Location
- Deepest Dorset
We might all wonder why these have been developed. 'just beacuse we can....' comes to mind. working on electrical impulses and servomotors.
The principle of an electronically controlled drive train is to execute perfect shifts every time, thus "reducing mental overhead," in the words of Shimano marketing manager Devin Walton. This is a resource cyclists find in short supply during epic rides. It is lighter than any previous dura ace offering.
You do have to ask what happens when it really comes to crunch, say a World Championship TT, well i think perhaps we should ask Bradley wiggins of team SKY GB 'F****G S**T what a bunch of steaming B******S..... the rest has been cut to save our blushes.
the reliabilty of cable still seems to be the better bet.
this has been attempted before by Mavic nonetheless in 1994, have we really moved on technically that is now an advantage. The batteries will travel approx 600 miles between recharging. The waterproofness of the system has been tested at a coin-op pressure carwash.
The principle of an electronically controlled drive train is to execute perfect shifts every time, thus "reducing mental overhead," in the words of Shimano marketing manager Devin Walton. This is a resource cyclists find in short supply during epic rides. It is lighter than any previous dura ace offering.
You do have to ask what happens when it really comes to crunch, say a World Championship TT, well i think perhaps we should ask Bradley wiggins of team SKY GB 'F****G S**T what a bunch of steaming B******S..... the rest has been cut to save our blushes.
the reliabilty of cable still seems to be the better bet.
this has been attempted before by Mavic nonetheless in 1994, have we really moved on technically that is now an advantage. The batteries will travel approx 600 miles between recharging. The waterproofness of the system has been tested at a coin-op pressure carwash.
