Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / ATB

Beer retention, mainly.

Big bones.

That Kona was big boned.

I'm just joking, I own lots of British shit Inlcuding some Hope parts (Stanton, Mason, Kinesis, Inbred, On-One, Condor), but I've no need to look past Shimano for groupset components for the most part. In some cases they don't provide what I want so I buy aftermarket but in the case of brakes - they have brakes that work just fine for everything I've done and I think I've done quite a variety of riding to know.

That Kona is like a Batman character, having fallen into a vat of acid and survived.

You can brake far later with rx4 but yes they rub like hell sometimes and the rotors are thicker if you swap wheels around.

Yeah I figured lol. I go both ways too. Love Shimano and no qualms with Asian goods (quite the opposite, I wanna support some of those economies) but I'm too deep into the SRAM ecosystem. Waiting for a good time/opportunity to reset and go back, like fully wireless Di2.

I'm putting AXS on my MTBs. Shimano missed the boat by not bringing Di2 to groups below XTR so AXS seems the best option for off-road ultras now. I still puke up a little every time I think about that.

It's 2024 and even Shimano's top-end groups have some wires. What a PITA.

Guess it's fine if you just give your bike to somebody to deal with.

Also, those poor fish.

Oh no, wires! How do you cope with brakes?

The advantage of those wires is the bigger battery they're connected to.

It's 2024 and even Shimano's top-end groups have some wires. What a PITA.

Guess it's fine if you just give your bike to somebody to deal with.

There are two wires, one to each derailleur. It's easier than gear cables. If you can't plug in two wires at home, I think you'd struggle changing an inner tube.

Shimano missed the boat by not bringing Di2 to groups below XTR so AXS seems the best option for off-road ultras now

There may have been a time long ago where they had the opportunity to do this and grow in the MTB market but there may not have been. SRAM have dominated that market and Shimano hold a small section of it, Di2 even smaller. They don't have enough sales to make the cost of developing and setting up manufacture of a new groupset that a small number of people would buy.

Tubeless was created for SRAM users? Who knew!

Well, yeah, which is why I'm buying SRAM for the MTBs now.

What Shimano could do is create a 105 level Di2 for flat bars, do it cheaply and push it OEM to bike manufacturers for full bikes in the Hybrid/flat bar/town bike market. If they can corner the low end of the bike market with electronic gears, they may be able to build upwards rather than down.

There are two wires, one to each derailleur. It's easier than gear cables. If you can't plug in two wires at home, I think you'd struggle changing an inner tube.

The plugging in is the easy bit!

Fewer things to route through a frame the better IMHO.

Are the kind of people using town bikes going to want to piss about charging gears? and haven't they already started doing that with the e-bike integrated MTB stuff? It makes a lot more sense to me using Di2 when you already have a battery on the bike. Problem is it leaves PROPAH CYCLISS like me with no option.

Are the kind of people using town bikes going to want to piss about charging gears?

No but since when have cycling companies actually listened to what people want vs pushing new stuff on them and changing their expectations that way?

See suspension forks on hybrids, hookless rims, the death of rim brakes etc

Like the original Di2. Shimano Nexave C910, C810. In 2001!

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solar panelled top tube dur

I don't know anything about electronics so I won't ever try but I have been dreaming about buying 3 or 4 of these
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006453801691.html
wiring them into a chain along a top tube to charge Di2 or Garmin as you ride.
Does someone wanna collab?

Just get new one, they’re not expensive and not worth risking it.

Seen way too many cut in half.

Not just that, I know a few people whose cables (fitted by reputable London bike shops and that) unplugged near the BB or something similar.The headache just to ride your bike again.

AXS batteries may not last as long, but at least they're hot swappable.

Not just that, I know a few people whose cables (fitted by reputable London bike shops and that) unplugged near the BB or something similar.

No junctions any more though so you can take your seatpost out, check the connections there and check your connections at the derailleurs, outside of your frame. Only time you need to take the cranks out is the initial fitting.