I dunno, I really want as little electronics on my bike as possible. Riding home with no shifting capacity because I let the derailleur run out of power sounds a lot shittier than keeping to back roads because my lights ran out.
Part of why I think the existing shifter setup is great design is because it’s purely mechanical. And it’s cheap enough to come standard on the cheap $300 bike I bang around town on, without any worries about it looking like something worth stealing.
I dunno, I really want as little electronics on my bike as possible. Riding home with no shifting capacity because I let the derailleur run out of power sounds a lot shittier than keeping to back roads because my lights ran out.
Part of why I think the existing shifter setup is great design is because it’s purely mechanical. And it’s cheap enough to come standard on the cheap $300 bike I bang around town on, without any worries about it looking like something worth stealing.