Should have ridden retro?

[one-eyed_jim]

i remember standing in my lbs in about 1999 with a mate,we were shown the then new mavic electric rear mech....anyone remember it???

Mektronic was the late nineties version. Prior to that, they released the short-lived Zap system:

http://www.bikepro.com/products/rear_de ... rrder.html

 

[cchris2lou]

dont they get a car following them at the Worlds ?

Apparently the support car had had to drop back to allow Gustav Larsson to pass:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/se ... time-trial

according to that , it is more the position of brakes which is at fault rather than the electronic shifting .

Mavic zapp was first out .

Routens are still selling Mektronic groupset , brand new and complete for 500 euros .

 

[tintin40]

If he had normal index gears he would have finished. electric gears what utter rubbish.

 

[hoegaardenadds1]

2011 xtr goes electric. you heard it here first.

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Routens are still selling Mektronic groupset , brand new and complete for 500 euros .

Indeed:

http://www.routens.com/fr/shop_produitx ... -collector

 

[cchris2lou]

If he had normal index gears he would have finished. electric gears what utter rubbish.

no he wouldnt . when chain dropped it touched the brakes .

I doubt that XTR will go electric . according to some shimano official too many vibrations off road , it messes the electronics up .

 

[hoegaardenadds1]

we'll see.

 

[BarneyRubble]

Not that far off me thinks...

 

[BarneyRubble]

One more...

 

[cchris2lou]

Shimano say they can make it work , but it is not perfect .