Originally Posted by
himespau
I have to admit to being intrigued by wireless e-shifting. Not enough to spend that kind of money on it, but laziness in building things up makes me vaguely intrigued by the idea of not having to run cables (or replace them once every 3-5 years).
Originally Posted by
squirtdad
my theory for years is that wireless will eventually go down to BSO especially set up as 1x as ti will be cheaper than running a shift cable.
as much as I don't like sram and electronic shifting a 1x with big rear cassette, no front derailler and the wireless rear derailler can be a super clean build....have seen a number of pictures of builds like this from Dave Kirk
For not having to run cables, I'd try SRAM's E-Tap as it's all wireless. With Shimano and Campy, you still have to run wires. Newest 12-speed Shimano at least goes wireless from the shifter to the FD/battery/BB. That's a nice improvement. I do like electronic shifting, and I have most-of-a-groupsets waiting for wiring and a battery to complete them. Sadly for them, I'm building a companion 3x downtube shifting bike (companion to my Trek 720) for winter/rain and no beautiful Di2 to adorn a frame at the moment. So it goes. Maybe some day..