Don't get me wrong...I have no use for electronic shifting.... But, look at trickle down technology. The affordable 105 we are riding now was the Dura Ace of 8 or 10 years ago (at the most)...heck, even Tiagra rides/shifts as well as the old 600 group.
All I'm saying is we sometimes get caught up in ourselves and forget that this is about fun and if you've got the means to pick up an Orbea Orca with electronic DA...then why not of that's what floats your boat? How many people think we're nuts for buying 30 year old technology based on some old coots designs and actually pay over $3k for it? :) (The old coot part was joke people...) Chris On Feb 16, 9:31 am, Horace <max...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: > I have raced, and I enjoy owning and riding racing bikes. And you're right, > I think people should stop putting down racers, wannabe racers, or > lycra-wearing skinny-tire-riding club riders because I'm one of them, and I > don't like it when people make those types of comments. > > But, come on. Electronic shifting is ridiculous. > > Horace. > > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Chris <fourf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Is it really any surprise that people think we can be a snobby bunch > > of cranky old elitests? > > > Just look at the comments above and imagine what you would think if > > you rode a carbon Colnogo instead of a Riv... Here we have a new > > technology that is, at least, pretty cool to think about the advances > > of it and all we can do is talk about how it useless and only snooty > > wannabe racers will buy it... > > > I think we need to step back and enjoy all things bicycle, just > > because we may not need it doesn't mean it's crap. Imagine where we'd > > be if it wasn't for all money being pumped into the cycling world by > > people buying $10k bikes with electrinic shifting, I dare say we'd > > have a LOT less choices. > > > Chris > > (I like Lance's bikes!) > > > On Feb 16, 7:49 am, Horace <max...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Todd Olsen <todd_ol...@comcast.net> > > wrote: > > > > > I believe this is very interesting. One of the cool things it says in > > > > the NY Times article is that the FD will automatically readjust based > > > > on the pos'n of the rear. > > > > That brings them up to par with 1980s Suntour technology. :-) > > > > Suntour's top-mounted downtube shifters did that. > > > No description on this link, but you can see a photo: > >http://www.retrobicyclesupply.com/suntour-milax-top-mount-shifters.html > > > > There is a cam mechanism inside that moves the left shifter axis a tiny > > > amount up or down depending on the position of the right shifter. They > > did > > > not work with standard braze-on downtube shifter bosses. > > > > Horace.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
