Originally Posted by bampilot06

It is what it is. I should have practiced taking the batteries out of the shifter, and I also should just change the shifter batteries automatically once a year. Had it not been dark and cold I would have prolly been able to swap batteries which would have helped me to get home. A guy on my race team said there’s a button you can push to shift it as well, not sure what he is talking about, then comes the app.

I’ve already expressed my fears over the app. Maybe they are unwarranted, but I know people on this site, and this very thread that got shafted by the app. In my cycling community I know people that got shafted. It was such a big deal Sram came to the LBS to talk about it.

It’s sounds like, if the app forces closes during an update then you have turned your groupset into a paper weight. People that I talked to who had this happen claim they didn’t close the app, and didn’t see the app close.

I have apps force close on my phone and Ipad all the time, so that’s unsettling.

Shimano Di2 is the same btw. If the app closes during an update you are ducked.

Originally Posted by bampilot06

No worries. It was the shifter, and it flashed green when I did the press check which means it should last more than 12 miles.

Live and learn.

Originally Posted by ls01

does the light flash green when it fails to shift, no light or red light?

Originally Posted by ls01

Mine did not force close. It just did not complete the update and suffered memory corruption. That is on the force axs groupset. My e Tap set has been just fine. The shifter battery's last 3 years or so. Don't do it outside the screws are incredibly small.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

Royal pain in the keyster, I am.

Originally Posted by bampilot06

Battery is dead. No light. It should have flashed yellow not green when I started the ride.

Originally Posted by bampilot06

there should be screws, just twist it out. I couldn’t get the hood back enough.

Originally Posted by bampilot06

Battery is dead. No light. It should have flashed yellow not green when I started the ride.

Originally Posted by ls01

You have axs. Etap is the earlier 11 speed version. I know sram says it's the same but it isn't. Yeah, the whole thing unscrew on yours. The earlier trap door had one or 2 tiny Philips screws that held it in place.

also, if the batteries you bought have the bitter coating to keep kids from putting them in thier mouths. They don't last as long in the shifter. Just what I've heard.

Originally Posted by ls01

the lights and color of light is for the rechargeable batteries, not the coin cells. Those are go, no go.

Originally Posted by ls01

I had my Retule fitting on Tuesday. It was quite in depth. Made my bike a lot more comfortable and my pedal stroke has opened up tremendously. I was way too low, and to far back. My saddle is all the way forward now and 3/4 of an inch higher than before. I did 30 kin on it the night of the fitting and 2 hours today, I did Innsbruck twice. Way better than before.

Originally Posted by bampilot06

Really? that’s not what the manual says, or Trek. I’m not saying you are wrong, that’s just the first I have heard of it.

Originally Posted by DangerousDanR

Today it is 2 months since I broke my femur so I am cleared to ride tomorrow. The weather forecast is -3F, winds out of the west at 6-10 MPH, and partly cloudy. Great day to get back on a bike.

Originally Posted by rjones28

Yup

Originally Posted by bampilot06

did you put 155 cranks on?

Originally Posted by ls01

If memory serves the coin battery xharge can be accessed through an update on the app. Some head units can be programed to display it after you download the new firmware. I elected to swap out batteries every other year.

Originally Posted by ls01

https://www.sram.com/en/life/stories...arted-with-axs
read this first page

Originally Posted by bampilot06

you just have an answer for everything.

Originally Posted by phrantic09

App gives me charge level on both shifters.

Originally Posted by bampilot06

you just have an answer for everything.

Originally Posted by ls01

I was a big Sram guy until they turned on me. I read everything I could on thier products. I started with Rival, bought a Force groupset before the rival had its first bath. The next year I bought 2 Red Exograhm groupsets. I skipped 11 speed or Red 22 as they called it because I was happy with 10 soeed

Originally Posted by phrantic09

My only problem with my SRAM stuff so far is that the brakes are noisy AF. I mean sounds like someone has a piece of metal on a grinder noisy unless I spray water on the caliper.

I’m guessing I just need better organic pads than these