Originally Posted by
quickrelease5
just curious, why not an sram etap drivetrain? A second generation electronic derailleur stem with no wires, no external battery, and an intuitive shift pattern.
There were a couple of reasons, primary one being that we were much more limited in our choice of gear ratios. There were a couple of other reasons as well, but I've forgotten what they were. I was initially attracted to etap because of the wirelessness, but after investigating further, Jason recommended against it.
As far as the intuitive shift pattern goes, I overcame that problem once I learned how to program the DI2 for the shift pattern I that made sense to me. I agree that the default shift pattern for DI2 makes no sense, as a couple of others have mentioned on here as well.