Wireless RD-9070???
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Wireless RD-9070???
What the hell are we looking at here? Doesn't look like my RD-9070; mine has a wire and no lights.
Spotted in this GCN vid:
Spotted in this GCN vid:
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Shimano is overdue to release a new version groupset. You just found it! RD-9170 is the guess at the name.
People have been publishing Shimano patent applications for months and guessing it would be wireless, with maybe a wired option for backwards compatibility.
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People have been publishing Shimano patent applications for months and guessing it would be wireless, with maybe a wired option for backwards compatibility.
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If they go wireless, does that mean I'll have to plug in four things to charge instead of one?
That'll mean I have four times the likely hood of a battery going dead on a ride. And if they are differing drain rates on the battery, then I'll be playing roulette to some extent as to what and when to charge something.
How does SRAM deal with this? Is it not the horrible thing I imagine it to be?
t's a pain already having to hook lights and cyclometer up to charge. And change battery in my helmet. As well as the little walkie talkie thing I just got to communicate to others with me and at home.
I guess the wall I park my bike next to just needs to be one big wireless charger. <grin>
That'll mean I have four times the likely hood of a battery going dead on a ride. And if they are differing drain rates on the battery, then I'll be playing roulette to some extent as to what and when to charge something.
How does SRAM deal with this? Is it not the horrible thing I imagine it to be?
t's a pain already having to hook lights and cyclometer up to charge. And change battery in my helmet. As well as the little walkie talkie thing I just got to communicate to others with me and at home.
I guess the wall I park my bike next to just needs to be one big wireless charger. <grin>
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What the hell are we looking at here? Doesn't look like my RD-9070; mine has a wire and no lights.
Spotted in this GCN vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hme6LSx6_GM
Spotted in this GCN vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hme6LSx6_GM
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Shimano isn't doing full wireless, they're gonna go half wireless like the FSA group. And a wireless 9070 is a double oddity, since R91xx didn't go wireless.
It's definitely some sort of demonstration rig, but I'm tipping it was to demonstrate 11s Di2.
I might've half bought the reflection theory (but not really, take another look at the vid), except where the plug is supposed to go, there's no plug. Those lights are shining through translucent black plastic, where on the standard unit that spot is black anodised aluminium.
Pretty well-finished part for a prototype or whatever.
It's definitely some sort of demonstration rig, but I'm tipping it was to demonstrate 11s Di2.
I might've half bought the reflection theory (but not really, take another look at the vid), except where the plug is supposed to go, there's no plug. Those lights are shining through translucent black plastic, where on the standard unit that spot is black anodised aluminium.
Pretty well-finished part for a prototype or whatever.
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What the hell are we looking at here? Doesn't look like my RD-9070; mine has a wire and no lights.
Spotted in this GCN vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hme6LSx6_GM
Spotted in this GCN vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hme6LSx6_GM
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Okay, but it's shifting without a wire plugged in.
Oops, now I look at it again, there's no shift, never mind :/
Oops, now I look at it again, there's no shift, never mind :/
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Yeah nah, nothing to see here, move along 😞