Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Frank Krygowski Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Suspension losses Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 19:47:52 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <7ee2ojpq2b75m6gsd5svace02b19qassrk@4ax.com> <3mn5ojdc9v7daofhmd5c56m2pbdrser96s@4ax.com> Reply-To: frkrygow@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 01:47:52 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6c8c6cd1e94efdffdc25f265db78e0a4"; logging-data="889729"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+EZVip1mseiuzYvP9oOjzSV7facV7NvTI=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:2l02FWEyZvOrsmTqsxrkGqoCRn8= In-Reply-To: <3mn5ojdc9v7daofhmd5c56m2pbdrser96s@4ax.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2302 On 1/11/2025 4:22 PM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote: > Am Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:06:46 -0500 schrieb zen cycle > : > > >> I'm no fan of electronic shifting - it would be just my luck to be on >> planed 4-6 hour ride, and have something crap out at the furthest point >>from the car/house. That said, I'm never going back to discrete shifters. > > It isn't that difficult to carry a CR2032 and a tiny 25 g rechargeable > battery somewhere. The coin cell lasts about two years, the battery is > good for about 800-1000 km. Both warn early via LED on the device or via > a Garmin Edge computer, for not having to care during a 4-6 hour ride. > But how many threads have we had here about problems with Garmin computers? -- - Frank Krygowski