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Di2/EPS on Time trial bikes?
Dim:
Think it depends on the course, very technical courses I can see it making sense, or mountain time trials where you want a nice smooth run through the gears.
Flat courses, hell, dont know why they dont just use fixies.
Antisrta:
--- Quote from: Martin318is on May 29, 2012, 00:01 ---Does it make any sense to put electronic shifting onto a time trial bike if it means that you have to do this with the battery?
http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/photos/giro-ditalia-time-trial-tech/224821
Surely given the obsession with smoothe surfaces and hiding brake calipers etc this position will negate any benefits
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Only advantage to electronic is having shifters on the cowhorns/brakes and the aero handlebars.
Battery 'drag' is lost in the noise tho-
Anthony Moan:
--- Quote from: youngblood on June 26, 2012, 01:48 ---Actually, I think electronic on TT/tri makes far more sense than road.
Person goes into a sharp turn with hands on base bars, he can come out of the turn shifting gears from the brake position instead of moving back up to bar ends. Save time and safer. I was able to sell two bikes merely because of this feature.
They were both triathletes so bike handling skill not the best, BUT, it worked for them and they are very satisfied customers.
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I can not understand, what do you mean by shifting gears from brake position? Aren t Di2 shifting levers on end of base bars, or I am missing something here as usual?
Anthony Moan:
--- Quote from: Kiwirider on June 26, 2012, 19:50 ---Yep ... and Yep ... and Yep. ;D
Can't find anything on Shimano's site, so have to post this link instead ... http://www.trisports.com/shimano-di2-tt-brake-shift-lever-set----.html
Unsure about the originally argued advantage though ... For a start, TT/tri bikes handle so badly (compared to an equivalent roadie) that you're never getting a corner that is that tight - and if you did, would you really wanting to be shifting under load as you're apexing/exiting a really sharp corner? And most tri courses have about as many "corners" as a north american highway ... :-\
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Cool :-*, did not have idea about that invention, thanks!
youngblood:
--- Quote from: Anthony Moan on June 26, 2012, 18:44 ---I can not understand, what do you mean by shifting gears from brake position? Aren t Di2 shifting levers on end of base bars, or I am missing something here as usual?
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Thr brake levers are at the end of the base bars, shifter is inside part of the brake lever. OK
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