Road Bike Electronic Gear
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Road bike electronic gear. The shifters and derailleurs and adding the. Last wednesday however lesser known italian firm. As many bike nerds already know electronic gear shifting systems are currently being made by components manufacturers shimano and campagnolo. Cable shifting vs electronic shifting.
Whether it s the latest sram etap wireless technology or the established shimano di or campagnolo eps systems electronic gearing is set to stay. Used by the professional peloton an electronic transmission results in the smoothest gear change that you will ever experience with the system self adjusting as you are riding meaning that you will be guaranteed to be in gear perfectly at all times with no chain rub. The switches are connected by wire or wirelessly to a battery pack and to a small electric motor that drives the derailleur switching the chain from cog to cog. A switch from mechanical to electronic can involve as little as swapping four parts says shimano spokesman nick legan.
A road bike groupset is the collection of. Bmc teammachine slr01 disc one 2018 road bike shimano s second tier but still startlingly good ultegra di2 groupset provides the beating heart of this frighteningly fast road bike. I give a brief overview of shimano s ultegra di2 11 speed gear system as used on my trek madone 4 9 road bike. Ultegra includes both di2 electronic shifting and hydraulic disc options in.
The advantages of mechanical free electronic gear shift systems like shimano s di2 and campagnolo s eps include more precise quicker gear changes reduced chain wear and the facility to. For road bikes sometimes in life us cyclists have to make some difficult decisions. An electronic gear shifting system is a method of changing gears on a bicycle which enables riders to shift with electronic switches instead of using conventional control levers and mechanical cables. Electronic transmissions are perhaps the biggest innovation in a bicycle drivetrain since the invention of the derailleur itself.
Shimano electronic gearing also allows for multiple locations for shifter buttons such as sprinter buttons or time trial tri bike specific ones.