SRAM E - Tap

[fossala]

Using it on my Pug, actually prefer it to indexing, less maintenance, and you never get a missed shift. Add to that I'm using an 8 speed cassette with the original shifters.

I'm on 5 and 6 speed on my 2 bikes. More than enough gears.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Electronic systems are not infallible. I have seen pros suffering missed gear changes with electronic systems.

Nothing is. Missed shifts have been happening since gears first appeared on bikes, mechs have disintegrated and cables have snapped. The question with any new technology is whether the failure rate will be higher than it was with the old system, and will it be high enough to be a headache?

Don't forget, both indexed gears and integrated shifters were damned by all and sundry when they first appeared for all the reasons given against electronic systems, now few people would go near a bike without them.

 

[simon.r]

I think it's the way forward. No awkward cable routing, no taping cables to bars before putting tape on, no cable guides or frame drilling, no faffing around with barrel adjusters to set the indexing. I'll be amazed if ithe principle doesn't catch on and trickle down to mid range bikes within a few years.

The only negative I can see with this particular system is that you can't shift front and rear at the same time. I often drop down to the smaller chainring while simultaneously shifting a couple of cogs down at the rear.

I await Shimano's version with great interest.

 

[mythste]

The only negative I can see with this particular system is that you can't shift front and rear at the same time. I often drop down to the smaller chainring while simultaneously shifting a couple of cogs down at the rear.
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I do this! Never mentioned it because I figured someone would tell me my chain would go up in a ball of flames, or something.

 

[simon.r]

No good for me for commuting, would be changing batteries constantly!

You must have a long commute - they're suggesting 1000km between charges and annual changes of the lever batteries. Even if those figures are halved I can't see many of us needing to charge more than weekly.

 

[Scotchlovingcylist]

You must have a long commute - they're suggesting 1000km between charges and annual changes of the lever batteries. Even if those figures are halved I can't see many of us needing to charge more than weekly.

I do around 600 miles a month, commuting and pleasure so would be charging every month or every 3 weeks to be safe. To be fair I was thinking I would be buying batteries not charging so that wouldn't be as bad.
Our whole lives are on charge nowadays anyway and this would be another thing to remember to do plus it reiterates that I love the simplicity of cycling, getting away from technology.
As my Dad always says about this "new fangled tecnowizardry", "it's just something else to go wrong"

 

[si_c]

I'm on 5 and 6 speed on my 2 bikes. More than enough gears.

Yeah, to be honest, I often find myself skipping gears. The only thing I really want is a wider range, so probs will change up to 9 or 10 speed cassette just for that, still using the original shifters of course :P

 

[MiK1138]

If I had a spare £2000 to spend on an indulgence this might very well be it