Yes, that happened to a woman on a ride I led a couple of weeks ago.
Not a way to make me fall in love with that technology, unless there's a
special use-case involved. Those stick them anywhere auxiliary shift
buttons could be a godsend to someone with only one hand that works (and
I have encountered such folks along the way) but certainly for me it's a
solution that offers nothing whatsoever.
On 02/27/2017 06:04 PM, Eric Norris wrote:
I was on a ride last week when two guys on bikes rolled in to the
coffee place. One was on a bike with electronic shifting. Halfway
through a 40-mile ride, he was stuck in the small ring because the
bike’s battery was low. Granted, he said he hardly ever has to charge
the bike’s batteries, but my “old-fashioned” bikes with cable-actuated
shifting will never have that problem.
Disclaimer: I have plenty of electronics with me when I ride … just
not shifters. If all my batteries died, my bike would still work.
--Eric Norris
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@CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram)
On Feb 27, 2017, at 2:59 PM, Brewster Fong <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Yeah, my riding buddies all have the latest in bicycles. They're all
drooling over disc brakes and e-shifting and if you don't have
either, well watch out for all the death and destruction!
So, I'm the guy with the "old bikes" in the group. Both of my bikes
were both used - a 94-ish Calfee carbon bike and a 90-ish Litespeed
Classic. I bought my Calfee used in 1997 and I believe its a 94
model. It is strong and I easily expect it to last another 20 years.
My litespeed was picked up a few years ago for $400 and it is now my
commuter with fenders and lights. Both are running Campy 9 speed,
although I'm considering "upgrading" the Calfee to 11 speed as I
would like to check out the Campy 3rd gen ergo levers which I call
gumby hood.
I'm old and fat, so I really not interested in the latest. But what's
new....Good Luck!
On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 6:36:50 AM UTC-8, Addison wrote:
I've had people assume my Riv is an "old" bike for a long time
now but yesterday when I was riding home I stopped to take a
photo of the rushing Truckee River in Reno and a gent paused to
compliment me on my "beautiful old bike." I just said thanks and
didn't correct him. And then it occurred to me that I shouldn't
correct him because my Allrounder is going on 18 years of age.
Many miles but it looks sharp...I've taken care of it through
commutes and offroading and tours. Anyway, just ruminating...and
posting a couple pics. Happy Monday!
http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-is-bike-old.html
<http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-is-bike-old.html>
Addison Wilhite, M.A.
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