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Di2 on a Ritchey Breakaway
Hi Folks -
Thinking of getting a (used) breakaway frame, either one of the Ti+carbon ones or the steel + carbon fork ones. Curious if anyone has retrofitted Di2 onto one of these? Ideally I'd like to run internal cabling but not sure about drilling holes a couple of strategic spots in the downtube and seatpost to route cabling / in out, but I suppose I can run an external battery setup . . I'm not a huge fan of Sram and E-Tap in general and quite frankly, I've got just about all of the Di2 parts needed which is why I'm looking in this direction vs E-Tap... |
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Moved to the General Discussion area.
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Breakaway setup
I built up my breakaway with left over SRAM parts (Force/Rival). Worked fine.
I rebuilt it with eTap when I scored a reasonably cheap shifter/der set. That worked even better as far as speed of breakdown/build up is concerned. The only cable splitter I have is for the rear brake. I'm not sure if I'll leave this set up this though. I don't travel with it as much as I originally thought - and the eTap could be used on one of my other bike builds where it would get more use. I have considered setting this up as a 1x11 or singlespeed. The latter would make travel breakdown/setup even more simple. |
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That said, OP wants DI2 which I think is fine as well, easy to just disconnect a couple of cables. Bike is steel so it would be very easy to just drill some holes. |
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I was thinking of drilling. I saw the article on the one guy with a CX version that he drilled. The major concern I've got is with the butted tubes and whether its a good idea to drill into the thinner walls of the middle of the tube? |
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HOw's E-Tap been for you? I'm curious if I can mix a shimano crankset with E-Tap if i went down the E-Tap route. |
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Etap
I have Etap 11 Red on my coupled Curtlo with a Praxis Zyanta compact double crankset. Runs perfectly.
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I'd contact Ritchey and ask about tube thickness..maybe a frame builder here, ask once armed with those numbers..I drilled my MXLeader(it was kinda knackERed, some dents already, ok?) in early 2014 for EPS and have been riding it ever since w/o any issue or problem..external battery...
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Ended up buidling it up with mech 11spd Ultegra and promptly reminded myself why I like Di2 so much I can never seem to get mech RDs to shift smoothly and quietly.. I'll give Ritchey a call next week and see what htey say about frame thickness and possibility of drilling into the frame. |
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You have seen this article, right?
Featured Bike: JOM’s Ritchey Breakaway it is my inspiration when I get time to modify my Raleigh breakaway bike. I'd going with internal battery, should fit perfectly in the downtube. |
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I don't get it. I have two S&S coupled bikes. One is fixed gear, just front brake. The other is a regular all-road type frame. The fixed gear takes maybe 5 minutes shorter to pack and un-pack, that's all. I mean, how long does it take to undo 3 cable couplers? I have never had to adjust anything after assembly.
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My complaint with the old fashioned, non-electronic, derailleur system is that on a system like these, the cable gets fidgety more than a set and forget bike. I was always having derailleur adjustment issues. The easier it is to pack and build, the more likely it is you'll use it. I think I've built a pretty good system. Also really nice are Ritchey wheels where the cassetted can be removed without a tool. That, too, can be stored elsewhere in the case and permits the wheels to be layered in a much more compact way. |
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Another vote for eTap on a Breakaway style bike, the two seem made for one another.
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