Would you ride with it?

[XmisterIS]

Holy sh1t, I wouldn't!!

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/shimano-unveils-dura-ace-di2-electronic-groupset-17847

I'm sure it works beautifully for a while ... but then what happens when it starts getting old, and then one day ... just one day ... you are hurtling towards a busy junction, you pull heartily on the brakes ... and the thing fails on you?

At least with cables you can check 'em and see when they are getting knackered!

 

[mickle]

Gears. Electronic gears. Not brakes. Gears.

 

[XmisterIS]

Gears. Electronic gears. Not brakes. Gears.

Whatwhat? Isn't that a brake lever there in one of the pictures? Or am I missing something?

 

[mickle]

The (cable) brake-lever has the shifter buttons in it. Innit.

 

[XmisterIS]

It does?

Sorry if I seem like a dunce, I have never seen that!

What type of bike has levers with shifters in it?

 

[mickle]

Road bike brake-lever bodies commonly house the gear shifting mechanism.

 

[Steve Austin]

someone could intercept the signal and yank on the brakes when you got the power down!

 

[gavintc]

I predict it will cascade down the groupsets and in 2020 we will be using electronic shfting on our good bikes. IMO, the only reason I will not fit it to my bike is the price tag. But, given time and mass production, this 'little' problem will be resolved.

 

[jimboalee]

No.

 

[Cubist]

Wonder what the forums said in the days when someone suggested putting rubber tyres on bikes and filling them with air! There are some out there who are terrified of hydraulic brakes as they think the hoses can be snagged on trees and you'll lose all braking power!

Give it a couple of years and we'll all have them you'll see.

 

[Cubist]

Oh, and the Earth is a sphere, apparently.

 

[J4CKO]

Love the idea, even more geeky tech, bring it on !

 

[jimboalee]

Wonder what the forums said in the days when someone suggested putting rubber tyres on bikes and filling them with air! There are some out there who are terrified of hydraulic brakes as they think the hoses can be snagged on trees and you'll lose all braking power!

Give it a couple of years and we'll all have them you'll see.

No.

 

[andyfromotley]

No.

Luddite.

 

[jimboalee]

Does anyone remember the Mavic Zap system in 1994?

That was going to be the be-all and end-all of gearchanging on race bikes.

Like all other consumer electronics, it was 'value engineered' to cost as little as posible to produce, but retain the premium price tag, but failed miserably.

Do you really think Shimano are not going to do the same?