Manual or Automatic? Why?

[ST185RC]

Originally Posted by Adam_L

Etap is fairly high tecno , verus going mechanical inner wire set up. What happens if you're running electric shifting and it stops functioning (dead battery, etc) , and your 10+ miles away from civilization / bike shop ? Maybe there is a portable solar panel you can buy aftermarket, to help charge the battery ( it's going to be more weight)?

Kill the weight.

I can still pedal the bike. Just because the derailleur won't budge doesn't mean the rest of the drive line stops working.

You're talking to a guy who does century rides or two weekly during the summer months and someone that had to walk 8 miles in cleats along el camino real to get home because of 3 popped tubes in a day and running out of 2 spares. Mashing on one gear is the least of my worries.

[ez8911]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

An AT can't do that? Is there a law or just not physically able? What if people are located in the 80% of the geographic areas with no mountains?

No mountain road? Take a bus then....


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[humfrz]

Originally Posted by bcj

We need a manual choke mod.
Some things were just better back in the day.

Back-in-the-day - we wouldn't be having this conversation -


humfrz

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by why?

That's if they want to learn. The younger generations stalls once and decides that is too much negativity for the week.

Well, from what I can tell the older generation turned to drugs and communes (and/or Canada) when they needed an out. Just couldn't handle all that negativity maaaaan.

[bcj]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Back-in-the-day - we wouldn't be having this conversation - humfrz

WHAT?

[bkharmony]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

True, I only truly feel engaged when using a manual choke, and a crank start, who needs a damn starter after all....

P'shaw! I think we should go back to manual spark advance control, like classic Nortons had.

[Adam_L]

Originally Posted by ST185RC

I can still pedal the bike. Just because the derailleur won't budge doesn't mean the rest of the drive line stops working.

I'm hearing you, but having derailleurs denotes being able to shift. If you cannot shift, why not go fixie ?! Hey, it's lighter …. but not the ideal if you have hills/mountains to contend with.

[ST185RC]

Originally Posted by Adam_L

I'm hearing you, but having derailleurs denotes being able to shift. If you cannot shift, why not go fixie ?! Hey, it's lighter …. but not the ideal if you have hills/mountains to contend with.

I do ride a fixie, a Bianchi super pista to be exact, which is why I can still mash with the best of them at either the velodrome or on the street. As much as I ride, I still take the time to charge up the batteries and change the cells on my shifters. Again, running out of batteries has never been a concern on my etap bike. If i forget to charge my batteries, I have 3 other steeds running full mech from U8600 to DA9100 to Red22.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by bcj

WHAT?

Hey, old man, with the bad hearing.

WHAT I'M SAYEN IS THAT THE CONVERSATION WOULD HAVE BEEN WHICH IS BETTER, A FLOOR BOARD SHIFT OR A COLUMN SHIFT.





humfrz

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

WHAT I'M SAYEN IS THAT THE CONVERSATION WOULD HAVE BEEN WHICH IS BETTER, A FLOOR BOARD SHIFT OR A COLUMN SHIFT.





humfrz

Floor board.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Hey, old man, with the bad hearing.

WHAT I'M SAYEN IS THAT THE CONVERSATION WOULD HAVE BEEN WHICH IS BETTER, A FLOOR BOARD SHIFT OR A COLUMN SHIFT.





humfrz

Well, the internet wasn't around so it's highly unlikely you two would be conversing at all, much less over something with a transmission of any variety.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Floor board.

Obviously, when you were a teenager, you never took a nice girl on a date in a car with a bench seat and a floorboard shift and wanted her to snuggle up close to you while driving and found out that she wouldn't because every time you shifted, she thought you were trying to put your hands up her dress - and slapped the hell out of you -


humfrz

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Obviously, when you were a teenager, you never took a nice girl on a date in a car with a bench seat and a floorboard shift and wanted her to snuggle up close to you while driving and found out that she wouldn't because every time you shifted, she thought you were trying to put your hands up her dress - and slapped the hell out of you -


humfrz

I thought that was a bonus?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Well, the internet wasn't around so it's highly unlikely you two would be conversing at all, much less over something with a transmission of any variety.

What-cha getten at, sonny -


humfrz