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It just won't die. It ought to.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...006/news/03-09 -Cosmo http://cyclocosm.com |
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Donald Munro wrote:
wrote: Wireless electronic shifting is a necessary step, a logical evolution from radios and earpieces. Fogies young and old complain about the radios and the DS yammering in the riders' ears, but wait until the DS is actually shifting the riders' bikes for them. If Bjarne decides Ivan needs to attack, he presses a button and pow, Ivan's got to step it up if he wants to keep turning over the pedals. It can work in reverse too - I'm sure there have been times where Ballerini wished he could downshift some freelancing member of the Azzuri. I think you should stop playing Cycling Manager 4 on your PC and go ride your bike. That's not funny. He has Pro Cycling Manager 5. I'd just _love_ to see what a tech-savvy tifosi could do to **** up their sweetie's rivals. Forget about the DS doing the shifting, that's tame and safe...almost! I just don't see any possible benefit to electronic shifting. Just more complexity. Maybe I'm missing something. Is there any possible benefit? R |
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I just don't see any possible benefit to electronic shifting. Just
more complexity. Maybe I'm missing something. Is there any possible benefit? R Funny, I remember saying the same thing about index shifting when it came out! |
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RicodJour wrote:
I'd just _love_ to see what a tech-savvy tifosi could do to **** up their sweetie's rivals. Not a damn thing. The NSA will have satellites everywhere preventing it. Tech-savvy tifosi most definitely qualify as terrorists and will be watched. |
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Brian S wrote:
I can see it as a benefit to someone with deformed hands(from an accident or from a birth defect) that don't have much hand strength or fine motor control, but really, how can this help most of us out? It sounds like someones novel idea to make us upgrade again and yet another thing that can go wrong. Handicapped shifting....hoo boy. Please don't let that get out. Next thing you know some **** head politico looking to make a name for himself will try to get it signed into law for handicap access. Does anyone have any idea what the pros are for having electronic shifting? A lot of new ideas are brushed aside because of tradition or a lack of wanting to try new things, but this one really eludes me. I think we should go back to the old ways where the hired guy ran next to the bike and shifted for them. Much more genteel. R |
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On 10 Mar 2006 09:17:31 -0800, "RicodJour"
wrote: I just don't see any possible benefit to electronic shifting. The rider could have multiple shift buttons, enabling shifting with less hand movement, or even no hand movement, from the tops, hoods, drops, tt bars, etc. JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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