Shimano Electronic Ultegra Di2 unveiled

bike22 · #1 06-19-2011, 07:37 PM

http://www.cyclinside.com/Technews/B...o-provato.html

thegunner · #2 06-19-2011, 07:39 PM

the Di2 stood for "Digital Integrated Intelligence"

it'll never be Ui2

edit: my comment came out sounding way more d-bagish than i thought when i posted it haha

dnades · #3 06-19-2011, 08:18 PM

any way to read it in English?

dancinkozmo · #4 06-19-2011, 08:21 PM

....butt ugly
....but it will probably work amazing

Grant McLean · #5 06-19-2011, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dnades

any way to read it in English?

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate...rUrl=Translate

phcollard · #6 06-19-2011, 08:31 PM

http://road.cc/content/news/37405-sh...ch-ultegra-di2

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/articl...rst-look-30616

DRietz · #7 06-19-2011, 08:33 PM

All Shimano dealers have known about this for several months. I think we're getting a demo set up in the next month or two.

dnades · #8 06-19-2011, 08:53 PM

thanks for the links. Grant, that translation site rocks! Very interesting choices of wording...

dd74 · #9 06-19-2011, 09:22 PM

I'm waiting for Campy. Team Movistar seems to work well with it.

Ahneida Ride · #10 06-19-2011, 09:47 PM

How may frns ?

bagochips3 · #11 06-20-2011, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ahneida Ride

How may frns ?

According to the Bike Radar article:

"This second-tier group is expected to be around half the price of the flagship Dura-Ace set"

"While Ultegra Di2 will still carry a premium over its non-electronic variant, it could cost less than the non-electronic form of Dura-Ace."

Louis · #12 06-20-2011, 01:43 AM

I can see how this whole pricing thing is going to be tricky. They probably don't want to cannibalize "mechanical" DA, but if Ultegra Di2 is in the same price ballpark that might happen.

rice rocket · #13 06-20-2011, 01:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Louis

I can see how this whole pricing thing is going to be tricky. They probably don't want to cannibalize "mechanical" DA, but if Ultegra Di2 is in the same price ballpark that might happen.

Cannibalizing mech DA is inevitable, but what do they stand to lose? They make (lots of) money either way.

Louis · #14 06-20-2011, 01:51 AM

I wonder if they'll ever drop mechanical DA and Ultegra? (I sure hope not.)

You might have to go all the way down to 105 to get all-mechanical stuff.

Germany_chris · #15 06-20-2011, 02:56 AM

And I still don't want a battery on my bike..

Plug your derailleurs into you computer for basic diagnostics