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Old 11-14-18, 08:04 PM
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Ah, another one of these.

Originally Posted by mtb_addict
Electronic is also generally very expensive to fix when it breaks.

It sounds like a cool idea...but I'll let the guinney pigs be the test subject. Wait about 10 years...then I'll be ready...and price will have dropped where Walmart carries them on Huffys.

Besides, it unnecessary. It's just too deckadent and luxury.

One thing that bugs me about it: is having to worry about battery charging.
I hated charging battery on my headlight...so much so, that I bought a dynamo hub.
I imagine in the middle of nowhere and the battery of Di2 dies, and you are screwed because there's still alot of hills to climb.

It has already been 10 years of Di2. Dura-Ace Di2 was first commercially released in 2009....and was in use in the peloton before that (4-5 years for both Campag and Shimano)...and than ignores Suntour BEAST and Mavic Mectronic that now are coming up on 30 years old (granted both were buggy).
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