mechanical or electronic group in the rain

[benb]

Keeping it mechanical to keep it cheap is what makes sense for me.

Around here rain usually means dirt getting into everything, or dirt and salt getting into everything.

You're going to kill all the other stuff faster in bad weather even if cables or electronics don't die right away. So I'd rather use cheaper stuff instead of more expensive stuff. 105 or Tiagra mechanical is a lot less expensive than Di2/Ui2/eTap. Expensive groups don't really make you much faster, and in my case the rain bike is heavy and has fenders. Both of those make you slower. And you gotta go slower for safety often in the rain anyway.

For the price difference between 105 and Ui2 I can probably do all the maintenance for for the lifetime of the frame (doing it myself) and never catch up to the initial cost of the Ui2.

[smontanaro]

Mechanical.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by PaMtbRider

Isn't the majority of the pro cyclocross field running electronic drive trains? Not dealing with mucked up cables seems to be one of the advantages of electric groups.

YUP, and after they get a bike change, the 'dirty' one is powerblasted..

Wish I could find that pic of a pit guy dunking a 'cross bike in a lake..