Electronic & Hydraulic Shifting (Di2, Ui2, customisations)

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gbj_tester in reply to @Dammit

I wouldn't take Shimano patent filings as any kind of guide to what they will actually produce, they are well known for patenting everything they think of as a protective policy just in case somebody else finds a way to bring the idea to the market in a profitable way which has escaped the Shimano production engineers.

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hippy in reply to @gbj_tester

"developing a comprehensive strategy to produce"

"The smoking gun in Shimano's application can be found in the details. The abstract drawings depict a concept that is near production"

"Shimano's application also describes in detail, a special lubricating fluid... Does that sound speculative? I didn't get that impression either."

"this gearbox will eventually be scalable and thus appear at a number of price points. Conventional gearboxes are not - which is why the gearbox bike has never been moved into mass production."
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Brommers in reply to @gbj_tester

I'm still waiting for the jockey wheel dynamos that will recharge my Di2 system which Bikeradar breathlessly speculated were going to hit the shops imminently a few years ago based on a Shimano patent.