Originally Posted by
jleeg
Well, I think it solves a problem. When your fingers are so cold and devoid of strength wouldn’t electronic shifting be easier? I was assuming so the other morning when it was cold and I had a had time shifting. I was also thinking about better gloves.
This is one of the best benefits of eTap. I live north of Boston, and there were countless times that I got caught in a cold rain, or for other reasons my fingers got numb and I had a very difficult time shifting with cables, not so with eTap. Shifting with lobster gloves is much easier too. It's nice having the blips (secondary shifters) up on the tops as well.
Originally Posted by
Lemond1985
My take: I don't want one more set of batteries to worry about.
I have had broken cables more times than I've had a dead battery. My Garmin sends me a warning when the batteries are running low, and with Sram, the front/rear batteries can be swapped.