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Old 4th August 2008   #1
Soul
 
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"Shift-by-wire" system

I know it's no help to a single speed or fixed gear but it's still quite interesting

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/08...-end-bicycles/
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Old 4th August 2008   #2
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i dont like it
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Old 4th August 2008   #3
Soul
 
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i dont like it
I don't think it will work....

Won't be reliable enough for people to use it on the Tour etc
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Old 4th August 2008   #4
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also when it stops working it will be harder to fix.
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Old 4th August 2008   #5
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ha! then it will be wireless, and some script kiddies will figure out a way to shift the gears standing at the side of the road with there PDA ;D
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Old 4th August 2008   #6
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I don't think it will work....

Won't be reliable enough for people to use it on the Tour etc
dunno if it's the same model, but someone did have an electronic system in the last TdF
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Old 4th August 2008   #7
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Couldn't imagine it in proper mountain biking. It wouldn't last a minute down a trail.
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Old 4th August 2008   #8
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dunno if it's the same model, but someone did have an electronic system in the last TdF
Fair enough.... are there rules against electronic equipment on bike?
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Old 4th August 2008   #9
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I spoke to a journalist at cycling plus about this and he said a co-worker had tried it and found it to be reliable and quick in test they did. Only for pure racing or pure posing though. I would not bother even if it was within my price range.
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Old 4th August 2008   #10
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also when it stops working it will be harder to fix.
Could also be easier to bung another one on out of the packet, instead of carefully adjusting gear cables?

This is only gonna be for racers right, can only see it making things faster. And the route of technological progression was chosen for the tour and similar races a long time ago.

You wont see many 'metal' bikes there anymore!
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Old 4th August 2008   #11
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not a new idea. just a new way of doing it. they had a fly by wire system out a few years back along with a air driven system. a few posers baught them and eventully they went out of production along with the spares. not really a viable idea for a mtn bike.
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Old 4th August 2008   #12
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Stefan Shcumacher rode it in TDF, Wired mag had a big article about the tech and devleopment. Self adjusting etc.
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscell...008/07/shimano
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Old 4th August 2008   #13
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what's to discuss? it's the future. cables are soo 20th century.

If it's good enough for cars, it's good enough for bikes FFS.
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Old 4th August 2008   #14
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Chris Boardman was running the Mavic electronic system in the TDF last century
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Old 4th August 2008   #15
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I don't think it will work....
Won't be reliable enough for people to use it on the Tour etc
People where using it on the Tour.. just FYI.
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Old 4th August 2008   #16
briankwan
i dont wanna carry a extra battery on my ride
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Old 4th August 2008   #17
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Di2's front derailleur automatically adjusts itself so the chain doesn't rub as you shift.
impossible...
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Old 4th August 2008   #18
asm
It says in that article it weighs less than the manual stuff - that can't include the weight of the batteries, surely?
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Old 4th August 2008   #19
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People where using it on the Tour..
Er, in France.
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Old 4th August 2008   #20
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impossible...
everything is impossible, until it's possible.
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Old 4th August 2008   #21
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it's a lithium-ion (more like polymer i'd have thought) battery. i reckon that could weigh in the same as cables and outers.
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Old 4th August 2008   #22
Dammit
I've got a mental image of the Domestique being sent back to the team vehicle to fill his jersey pockets with new batteries half way through a stage...
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Old 4th August 2008   #23
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i dont wanna carry a extra battery on my ride
I imagine it could be made self charing quite easily? I don't know if it is though.
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Old 4th August 2008   #24
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dont know if anyone's rad the source article so here you go.
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscell...?currentPage=1
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Old 4th August 2008   #25
Dammit
When I was in Whitcomb the other day the chap that I was chatting to said that the shop had been testing some Campag wireless/electonic shift gears for some time.

His view was that it was the bees knees, although I have personal reservations as he said that it was using the bluetooth protocol, which is notoriously power hungry.
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Old 4th August 2008   #26
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His view was that it was the bees knees, although I have personal reservations as he said that it was using the bluetooth protocol, which is notoriously power hungry.
Eh? Bluetooth was specifically designed for battery powered devices so is designed to minimise power consumption.

It'd be total overkill anyway, why use a fully featured short link protocol when very limited functionality is required?
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