I have to admit that if I was going to go to e-shifting, etap is the way to go. Yes, you do have to monitor the battery to make sure its charged, but my buddy says he "rarely" ever charges it and probably only does it once a month. Still, the wireless feature is kind of neat, makes a bike look like a track bike!
However, I'm the luddite and am holding out against disc brakes. Too many standards and it doesn't seem necessary for road bikes. Now off-road is different and I hear its great! In contrast, my "buddies" are amazed that I still use single-pivot brakes and haven't killed anyone yet.... On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 3:04:14 PM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote: > > I was on a ride last week when two guys on bikes rolled in to the coffee > place. One was on a bike with electronic shifting. Halfway through a > 40-mile ride, he was stuck in the small ring because the bike’s battery was > low. Granted, he said he hardly ever has to charge the bike’s batteries, > but my “old-fashioned” bikes with cable-actuated shifting will never have > that problem. > > Disclaimer: I have plenty of electronics with me when I ride … just not > shifters. If all my batteries died, my bike would still work. > > --Eric Norris > campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > > On Feb 27, 2017, at 2:59 PM, Brewster Fong <bfd...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Yeah, my riding buddies all have the latest in bicycles. They're all > drooling over disc brakes and e-shifting and if you don't have either, well > watch out for all the death and destruction! > > So, I'm the guy with the "old bikes" in the group. Both of my bikes were > both used - a 94-ish Calfee carbon bike and a 90-ish Litespeed Classic. I > bought my Calfee used in 1997 and I believe its a 94 model. It is strong > and I easily expect it to last another 20 years. My litespeed was picked up > a few years ago for $400 and it is now my commuter with fenders and lights. > Both are running Campy 9 speed, although I'm considering "upgrading" the > Calfee to 11 speed as I would like to check out the Campy 3rd gen ergo > levers which I call gumby hood. > > I'm old and fat, so I really not interested in the latest. But what's > new....Good Luck! > > On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 6:36:50 AM UTC-8, Addison wrote: >> >> I've had people assume my Riv is an "old" bike for a long time now but >> yesterday when I was riding home I stopped to take a photo of the rushing >> Truckee River in Reno and a gent paused to compliment me on my "beautiful >> old bike." I just said thanks and didn't correct him. And then it >> occurred to me that I shouldn't correct him because my Allrounder is going >> on 18 years of age. Many miles but it looks sharp...I've taken care of it >> through commutes and offroading and tours. Anyway, just ruminating...and >> posting a couple pics. Happy Monday! >> >> http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-is-bike-old.html >> >> Addison Wilhite, M.A. >> >> Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology >> <http://www.washoeschools.net/aact> >> >> *“Blazing the Trail to College and Career Success”* >> >> Educator: Professional Portfolio <http://renorambler.wix.com/portfolio> >> >> Blogger: Reno Rambler <http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/> >> >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
