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On Jan 21, 5:46*pm, keithv wrote:
Supposedly coming out next month. http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscell...009/01/gallery... Keith And no less ugly than the last electronic shifting system and equally prone to water issues, which is sure to make it a hit with the fair weather status symbol cycling crowd. I think electrinic shifting will eventually be option which works and works well, but I do not think its time is now. Chris. |
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Papa Tom wrote:
Why???? My thoughts exactly. I wish I could still get non-indexed shifting. Hate that ****. How hard was it to manually trim? Now I have to settle for whatever the shifters decide is the sweet spot, and the majority of the time I don't agree with it. I hate that sound of a chain that is not lined up with the gear, but to adjust for one gear usually messes with another. |
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"keithv" wrote in message ... | Supposedly coming out next month. | | http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscell...allery_shimano | | Keith Great I want to buy at the dozen |
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"Don Freeman" wrote in message
... Papa Tom wrote: Why???? My thoughts exactly. I wish I could still get non-indexed shifting. Hate that ****. How hard was it to manually trim? Now I have to settle for whatever the shifters decide is the sweet spot, and the majority of the time I don't agree with it. I hate that sound of a chain that is not lined up with the gear, but to adjust for one gear usually messes with another. Y'know, you don't have to do that. Pick a shifter which allows you some trimming. (that is, assuming you're talking about FD. If the RD needs trimming, something's wrong) |
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On Jan 22, 3:20*pm, "Papa Tom" wrote:
Why???? You can text message on them. I hear they have a camera, too. Plus, you can put a shift button almost anywhere, like on your butt, so you can do that Lance look-back glower kind of thing, slap your butt, down shift and ride away. This is basically as cool as it gets. -- Jay Beattie. |
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Jay Beattie wrote:
On Jan 22, 3:20 pm, "Papa Tom" wrote: Why???? You can text message on them. I hear they have a camera, too. Plus, you can put a shift button almost anywhere, like on your butt, so you can do that Lance look-back glower kind of thing, slap your butt, down shift and ride away. This is basically as cool as it gets. -- Jay Beattie. "Text"? As in "OMG will you be my BFF?" That will surely help in a crowded criterium corner. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Papa Tom wrote:
Why???? Because. Shimano has a bunch of engineers sitting around trying out what might be cool stuff. Sometimes it makes it into market. I'm sure a lot of us said the same thing about indexed shifting. My daughter has a Schwinn Caliente with a Shimano Positron drivetrain, which I think was Shimano's first try at indexed shifting. I can imagine triathletes and time trial guys someday linking this up with heartrate monitors (etc.) and getting a bit of an advantage. Sometimes you only need a bit. -- Mike Kruger A face for radio, a voice for mime. |
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"ZBicyclist" writes: Papa Tom wrote: Why???? Because. Shimano has a bunch of engineers sitting around trying out what might be cool stuff. Sometimes it makes it into market. Maybe they'll make a fishing reel that hydraulically, pneumatically or explosively casts your rig for you. A li'l fulminate of whatever, or picric acid, or sodium azide, & yer off 'n runnin'. The noise might scare the fish away, though. cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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