There is no way I'll ever get Di2

[mustang1]

I'm not saying Di2 is not good, in fact I think it's great and Shimano done a splendid job so if anyone else wants to get it, I will warm heartedly recommend it.

The reason I won't get Di2 is because I don't want yet another device that does software updates, has a million configuration options, gets a software update and changes the menu items around.

Annoyance: I just spent 30 minutes trying to figure out how to adjust the volume of the beeps that come from the TV when I go muck around with the options. Someone had changed it but they didn't own up. Cycling is fun for me and I don't want to turn it into a flamin' techno fest. Grrrr.

 

[Globalti]

My car is actually a computer with an engine and wheels. Woe betide you if the computer gets a bag on.

 

[I like Skol]

Sat in a brand new car last week and I know this makes me sound like a doddering old fart, but all I could think was WHY? And how are you supposed to even concentrate on driving when all those 'systems' are trying to get your attention and communicate with you continuously. It even beeped and flashed everytime I drove past a lamp post (or that's what it seemed to be doing).

 

[ColinJ]

It even beeped and flashed everytime I drove past a lamp post (or that's what it seemed to be doing).

I asked my sister why her car did that and she told me it was a warning about speed cameras!

 

[I like Skol]

I asked my sister why her car did that and she told me it was a warning about speed cameras!

No, definitely some kind of proximity or collision warning, it kept triggering as I passed parked cars or turned into sidestreets/carparks, etc.

 

[pawl]

Sat in a brand new car last week and I know this makes me sound like a doddering old fart, but all I could think was WHY? And how are you supposed to even concentrate on driving when all those 'systems' are trying to get your attention and communicate with you continuously. It even beeped and flashed everytime I drove past a lamp post (or that's what it seemed to be doing).

I will join you as boring old fart.Not work out after 18 months ownership how to use the cruise control.

 

[Oldfentiger]

No, definitely some kind of proximity or collision warning, it kept triggering as I passed parked cars or turned into sidestreets/carparks, etc.

There’s a litter bin on the outside of a right hand corner close to where we live.
Mrs OFT’s Mercedes doesn’t like it. Bleeps at us every time

 

[ColinJ]

No, definitely some kind of proximity or collision warning, it kept triggering as I passed parked cars or turned into sidestreets/carparks, etc.

It worries me that people will come to rely on that kind of technology - "I definitely was not driving too close to the cyclist; the car would have warned me if I had been..."!

Mind you, I suppose that when we have self-driving cars that technology will be doing ALL of the work.

 

[DCBassman]

I will join you as boring old fart.Not work out after 18 months ownership how to use the cruise control.

I could no longer own a car without cruise control, or that I couldn't retrofit it to.

 

[screenman]

I will join you as boring old fart.Not work out after 18 months ownership how to use the cruise control.

What sort of car, took me about 30 seconds in my new one.

 

[Slick]

We've already went OT so don't feel too bad about sharing the fact I hired a car yesterday and could actually feel the car take control if I got too close to the white line. It even seemed to know the difference between drifting and deliberately trying it. Witchcraft.

 

[EltonFrog]

I don’t understand what Di2 does any better than any other gear change system. One of the best things about owning a bike is it’s simplicity, no electrics at all, nothing to charge, no built in obsolescence. Simple.

 

[mustang1]

My car is actually a computer with an engine and wheels. Woe betide you if the computer gets a bag on.

I hate all that media-connected-to-phone stuff. Usually works first time then gets into a twist afterwards. If they can make it work reliably, even if it has less functions, I'm all for it .But all these xompcompawant to do is add more and more functions but not fix the existing bugs. Highly annoying .

 

[JhnBssll]

I love gadgets, my car pretty much drives itself when I want it to and I've got Di2 on 2 bikes It takes all sorts

 

[steveindenmark]

Mustang. You old fool. This is why LBS employ 17 year old geeks at the weekend.