Electronic & Hydraulic Shifting (Di2, Ui2, customisations)

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skinny in reply to @Brommers

They are. The power meter spider is an integrated unit with the chainrings, and you pay to unlock the firmware in the power meter. When the chainrings need replacing, you return the whole thing to SRAM for a half-price replacement.

In the moden enlightened period of waste reduction this really irks me.

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TotalShanner in reply to @skinny

Totally. They claim they will recycle old ones. But I still call bull shit. Not integrating it in the first place wpuld have avoided the problem.

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gbj_tester in reply to @TotalShanner

Not integrating it in the first place wpuld have avoided the problem.

Maybe integrating it uses less material and energy for production, and refurbishing uses less material and energy than making replacement chainrings. If that is the case, then it becomes a question of whether shipping it back for refurb is a bigger cost than the saving achieved.

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