Today at work a rep who normally comes through pretty regularly decided to show up again today. Not only did the rep decide to show up, but there were visitors in tow. The visitors (from Yakima and Shimano) came in with a new assortment of nice wheelsets as well as a(n) Orbea Orca full carbon road bike equipped with...wait for it, wait for it....electronic shifting. When I first heard of this new electronic shifting I immediately thought to myself "is this really necessary" and after having had a chance to ride a bike equipped with such a thing I am left feeling the same way.
The biggest "attraction" to electronic shifting is being able to shift while under load. The rep who wanted me to try out the Orbea told me to "start sprinting and shift while doing so"...well thats what I did and although the drivetrain did make shifts, it did so with a super-annoying over-the-top clunk!! I will give you the fact that I am a novice biker and mechanic and probably don't know shit but I do know this....if I dropped the coin to pick this stuff up (roughly 2 grand on top of the cost of a Dura Ace kit) and it let out a clunk and a bang everytime I shifted I would be pretty pissed to say the least.
In conclusion, an amusing talk with my pal Clay C about this newfangled shifting setup left me completely stoked with my cable actuated and single geared rigs instead. Hooray for (lack of) technology!
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actually, its Clay A now...but more about that later ;)
he he, nice man
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