Frank Krygowski <
frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On 6/7/2025 8:00 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
<https://www.bikeradar.com/features/opinion/shimano-qauto-is-the-most-important-drivetrain-development?>
One to mull about perhaps!
I don't see enough details to judge.
There maybe more details on Shimano’s site this is an opinions piece.
I suspect its value will be limited to those klutzy enough to not know
how to shift at all.
For myself, there are times I want a lower gear at higher cadence, times
I want a higher gear at a low cadence, and everything in between, based
on many factors including my view of the terrain just ahead. I doubt any automatic system is going to be able to deliver what I want.
But I'm an admitted retrogrouch.
I’d suspect that it’s not aimed at folks into bikes as such but ones who use it as a tool?
My main commute bike has 1-10 set up and it’s nice and easy kinda brain
free operation, the other bikes have a double so occasionally can be in the wrong chain ring which is slightly tedious.
So I’m likewise unlikely to be interested personally. For that I’d be more inclined to the E motor systems if I ever got a EMTB which is still
unlikely though more likely use case for myself.
Roger Merriman
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