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Shimano seem like the type of company that’ll only invest with evidence of a substantial market. And they don’t seem in the habit of releasing anything that isn’t well developed/tested. They’re super conservative on what they recommend (cassette max teeth, shifting on certain rings, servicing of hubs etc).
Maybe they’re waiting for the dust to settle a bit.
2019 might be all about the triple chainset and sequencial shifting ?!?!?
miro_o-
this seems spot on, though i think they are the ones that make the dust settle. i'm still pissed about the flat mount bs.
yea i wanted the xtr gruppo with 40-30-22 x 11-42 di2 with syncro. would be even better with the 9100 11-speed 10-45 cassette.
currently i run 50-34 x 11-40 which works pretty well.
zmjones_
i mean riding non-paved roads ain't exactly new, and the early mtbs were similar to gravel bikes in terms of tire width, geometry (sorta), but i guess the idea of having appropriate equipment for it (and it being more the focus) is newish.
and yea you are probably right: in a few years anyway. the thing that grinds my gears is that they went out of their way to make di2 road/mtb incompatible.