Availability of SRAM road brifters?

Does anyone know which year SRAM is going to have general market
availability of their road brifters shown at this year's Interbike and
EuroBike?

http://www.velonews.com/tech/report/...es/8811.0.html

Is it for this coming year (2006) or 2007?

damyth wrote:
Does anyone know which year SRAM is going to have general market
availability of their road brifters shown at this year's Interbike and
EuroBike?

http://www.velonews.com/tech/report/...es/8811.0.html

Is it for this coming year (2006) or 2007?



What I have read 2007.

Lou
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I certainly hope they'll have a moderate priced range, like Shimano's
105.

The single lever idea is quite brilliant: short throw shifts to a
smaller cog, long throw goes up.

If it's as nice as their cassettes and chains--I'm there.

damyth wrote:
Does anyone know which year SRAM is going to have general market
availability of their road brifters shown at this year's Interbike and
EuroBike?

http://www.velonews.com/tech/report/...es/8811.0.html

Is it for this coming year (2006) or 2007?

2007 and high end first followed by lower end models after that. If the
things are succesful, expect lower end stuff.

On 8 Oct 2005 18:52:30 -0700, "maxo" wrote:

I certainly hope they'll have a moderate priced range, like Shimano's
105.

The single lever idea is quite brilliant: short throw shifts to a
smaller cog, long throw goes up.

Uh.. that's *one* of the possible explanations that has been rumoured.
It's not exactly confirmed. And it doesn't adequately explain the shape of
the brake lever to my mind.


Jasper

Why would the high-end folks change? It would have to be a dramatic
improvement or far, far less $$. Why not go for the lower market?

wrote:
Why would the high-end folks change? It would have to be a dramatic
improvement or far, far less $$. Why not go for the lower market?


why don't all high end folks use Campy or Shimano?

Lou
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Jasper Janssen wrote:
On 8 Oct 2005 18:52:30 -0700, "maxo" wrote:

I certainly hope they'll have a moderate priced range, like Shimano's
105.

The single lever idea is quite brilliant: short throw shifts to a
smaller cog, long throw goes up.

Uh.. that's *one* of the possible explanations that has been rumoured.
It's not exactly confirmed. And it doesn't adequately explain the shape of
the brake lever to my mind.


Jasper

Actually confirmed by somebody at Sram...push-smaller cog, push
farther, larger cog.

wrote:
Why would the high-end folks change? It would have to be a dramatic
improvement or far, far less $$. Why not go for the lower market?

I doubt they are looking for changes. They are just looking for the
person who is going to buy a new high end bike. I suspect there are
more than a few people who have Campagnolo Record and that other
brand's expensive group on expensive bikes. You don't have to have
only one company's group on all your bikes.

From a marketing perspective it probably makes sense to go high end
first. People buying cheap groups don't actually buy the cheap group
separate. They get whatever the factory bike company puts on their
bike. Whatever the factory bike company is able to buy cheaply by the
thousands and thousands from the parts factories. Only people buying
high end bikes specifically pick which grouppo to put on which frame.
There is no take what the bike factory says is for you.

Lower cost parts buyers also are not likely to want to be guinea pigs
for an untested, unknown grouppo. Low cost parts buyers want something
common that can be fixed anywhere. Not something no one has ever seen
before.

Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
Jasper Janssen wrote:

On 8 Oct 2005 18:52:30 -0700, "maxo" wrote:


I certainly hope they'll have a moderate priced range, like Shimano's
105.

The single lever idea is quite brilliant: short throw shifts to a
smaller cog, long throw goes up.

Uh.. that's *one* of the possible explanations that has been rumoured.
It's not exactly confirmed. And it doesn't adequately explain the shape of
the brake lever to my mind.


Jasper


Actually confirmed by somebody at Sram...push-smaller cog, push
farther, larger cog.


It seems to me that the shifting would take place when the levers return
back to their home position. Does that seem right? Either way, I can't
imagine how one would go through several gears as fast as one currently
can on STIs or Ergos (esp. with regards to jumping up or down multiple
gears as some models do). What am I missing here?

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Georgia Institute of Technology
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