On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 21:45 -0800, CycloFiend wrote:
> on 2/16/09 7:37 PM, Doug Peterson at [email protected] wrote:
> 
> > After the centerpull brake, derailer & quick release, most everything else
> > has been refinement, as opposed to truly new technology.  So STI & Ergo move
> > the shifting mechanism to a more convenient location, and modern drive
> > trains offer many times the number of gears & range of gearing, and modern
> > manufacturing methods allow more precise tolerances.  But the technology
> > itself is more like 60 years old.  I would submit that e-shifting is a
> > refinement, in that it is a different method of performing the same task,
> > e.g., moving the chain between sprockets.
> 
> And recall that Mavic was the first with the electronic shifting - Zap and
> Mektronic. 

And, of course, both failed.




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