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Jaap in reply to @🅑🅐🅣🅣

Something like this: http://www.bumm.de/de/produkte/stromversorgung.html

But I think it's a really smart choice going di2 for bike packing. Di2 requires a lot less effort to shift, needs far less adjustment of your gears and you can easily do 3000km on a charge. In the 2 years I've used di2 I have never had any malfunction..

And if you're going to go further than 3000km without a charger, than you can easily carry an extra battery or two.. They're only 56gram!

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🅑🅐🅣🅣 in reply to @Jaap

Yeah it's great until something like this happens http://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycling/1068175-di2-shimano-failures-caution.html

Unfortunately this sort of issue and anecdote seems to be far too common ...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti Di2 or eTap, just personally wouldn't want tech I can't fix without a laptop or warranty claim roadside

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Jaap in reply to @🅑🅐🅣🅣

I disagree.. when di2 fails you can always get home, you're just stuck in the gear you're in..

but when your (mechanical) shifters explodes.. or your cable snaps, it's a lot harder to get your bike into a gear

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