I don’t think roadies are the only cyclist in town, to most people cable is the bread and butter, so what enthusiasts think as a mainstream mean absolutely nothing to the broader picture. Most people use bike to get around or just enjoying the ride, and don’t really care about the latest tech.
But of course, if by “cyclist” you mean being a lycra wearing folks on a road bike concerning about weight and aero, then yeah i ain’t one.
Well I meant all competitors. And by cyclist I mean do you currently cycle on the regular. I don’t wear lycra either since I ride downhill.
Downhill and Enduro racers use wireless groupsets pretty much 100% of the time now. A few grams means a lot to guys where 1st and 2nd place are separated by a few hundredths of a second.
Since everyone uses it and it comes on higher end bikes it has and will start to filter down to the lower end bikes and eventually everything will be wireless. Same thing happened with disc brakes and single chainring groupsets.
@teft@psx_crab electronic shifting *is* a bit lighter, but its main advantage is that it’s just better. exact, reliable shifts, every time. i don’t think electronic braking’s gonna catch on though, for obvious reasons. and cable-operated shifting isn’t ever going to go away because there’s only so many people that shifting performance is going to matter to
I don’t think roadies are the only cyclist in town, to most people cable is the bread and butter, so what enthusiasts think as a mainstream mean absolutely nothing to the broader picture. Most people use bike to get around or just enjoying the ride, and don’t really care about the latest tech.
But of course, if by “cyclist” you mean being a lycra wearing folks on a road bike concerning about weight and aero, then yeah i ain’t one.
Well I meant all competitors. And by cyclist I mean do you currently cycle on the regular. I don’t wear lycra either since I ride downhill.
Downhill and Enduro racers use wireless groupsets pretty much 100% of the time now. A few grams means a lot to guys where 1st and 2nd place are separated by a few hundredths of a second.
Since everyone uses it and it comes on higher end bikes it has and will start to filter down to the lower end bikes and eventually everything will be wireless. Same thing happened with disc brakes and single chainring groupsets.
@teft @psx_crab electronic shifting *is* a bit lighter, but its main advantage is that it’s just better. exact, reliable shifts, every time. i don’t think electronic braking’s gonna catch on though, for obvious reasons. and cable-operated shifting isn’t ever going to go away because there’s only so many people that shifting performance is going to matter to