electronic Dura Ace

[Dogmama]

Very cool.
But I am still waiting to afford a new road bike. The electronics would be a much longer wait. Best to let the leading/bleeding edge work out the technological issues.
S

I've never been a Shimano fan but the mechanic at the LBS tells me that Shimano works out the bugs before they go public. He went to a workshop on the new electronic shifting & says the Ultegra is actually better than the DuraAce because they've made some improvements and don't have to recoup the R&D costs (thus it's about $2K cheaper). He said the Shimano electronics are head & shoulders above the others - who are basically just rushing to get to market.

He says the battery should last 500 hours. You know when it's getting low (in case you didn't check or haven't recharged in awhile) because the shifting gets slower.

[laura*]

He said the Shimano electronics are head & shoulders above the others - who are basically just rushing to get to market.

What "others"? Right now there's only Campagnolo's just released EPS system. They've supposedly been working on it for 20 years! Also supposedly, Campagnolo had an earlier version in pre-production several years ago, but pulled it because it wasn't perfect.