Who, besides me, remembers this "magical" shimano system?
Random product popped in my head: Shimano Airlines
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me. i wish i coulda tried em
i was gonna get it but then realized that spare parts=nono
yeah and you have to keep refilling the air.....D
BMXman said:
Boy would that suck to be racing and realize that you forgot to refill the air, halfway through the run
There was a guy racing Paris-Roubix with the prototype Campy electronic shifting system. I heard it was the final test before the stuff goes into production.hucker13 said:
Mavic did a few versions of electronic shifting. It was crap. Airlines blew.
Cables may not appear to be the best way to change gears, but they sure do work properly, and consistently. And that's what matters...
Cables may not appear to be the best way to change gears, but they sure do work properly, and consistently. And that's what matters...
Ohh yaeh....Mavic Mechtronics.....it looked cool anyway (-:
Until UCI banned it. But that's OK, it never worked to start with 
Yeah....UCI....a bunch of grumpy old men who want bicycles to look like they did in 1908. Refuse any kind of inovation. Think about when time trail was interesting because the big brands would try to produce different kinds of "super-bikes"...that was awesome to look at....but they are banned too.........soooooo concervative...
ba dum bump.Rik said:
that being Bayridge in Brooklyn? Yeah they do and they will ship also so whoever is interested give them a call 718-238-1118hooples3 said:
My old shop in AZ had a set a bunch of years ago. I wonder what ever happened to them. They sure sat there in the case for a long time. I'm sure no one paid the $700 price, and I'll bet they just walked with one of the employees.
man i hope you dont mind it but i am going to put that in my sigzahgurim said:
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh! baby
NOS and sh1t
a veritable smorgasbord of exoticness:
wow crazy looking bike
get a 45 45 carbon tank on there, that would b awesome hehe
I've got a set of Shimano Biopace chainrings in the garage. Maybe I should offer them up to that guy...
I know a roadie that lives down the street from me, and he has a bunch of cool vintage bikes. One of his bikes is an old timetrial bike, with a 24 inch front wheel. He bought the mavic deralier for 20 bucks off of a guy that was selling them on closeout, and I must admit that it is pimp, and he says that it works really good.seismic said:
Does your shop still have them...... a year later? I'd be interested, I've got some money riding on it
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Shimano and campy are both working on electronic gears again.
friction shifters pwn all!
I thought DRB posted a thread some months back. I saw some stuff on Dura-Ace in VeloNews or some place like that.Oh no!lthumbsdown:
Is there any info on it?
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theres newer stuff around... somewhere..
Since someone bumped this thread anyway, I am going to add some spam.
If someone is really desperate for some really one off parts from when DH racing made money, I have a set of airlines with a few spare parts and even some NOS stickers. I let them go for $200 otherwise I'll continue to keep them on my shelf in the shop and pull them out whenever the bike nerd talk starts.
If someone is really desperate for some really one off parts from when DH racing made money, I have a set of airlines with a few spare parts and even some NOS stickers. I let them go for $200 otherwise I'll continue to keep them on my shelf in the shop and pull them out whenever the bike nerd talk starts.
I think BigMike wants them.
friend of mine has had the system on his ventana for years now
definitely a "oooh and ahhh" thing though, but it does work, its a pretty interesting feel in the levers
definitely a "oooh and ahhh" thing though, but it does work, its a pretty interesting feel in the levers
I'd rather have one of those electronic derailers that mavic made back in the day, they look really cool.
My first DH bike had the system... I got a deal on it, and that happened to be what came as the shifting system. Basically, when it worked, it was the cleanest shifting derailleur that I have ever felt. However, I had it in the shop every week, and it still didn't work. Also, you could only pump it up with a shock pump, and had to do so before every ride. So, again a good idea, but not incredibly practical.
I pm'd mike back. It is a cool system. However, no one would ever pay the $1400 price that they originally wanted for them.
I'll stick with my X9.
I'll stick with my X9.
Exactly. At the time it was an incredible product, and blew everything else away. Now the shifting would be about as nice as X0, but with nowhere near the reliability. Lots of small parts, hoses, and limited shifts per canister. Oh, and you'd need a water bottle mount on your DH frame.
