Hydraulic Gears?

miket-62

Just riding along with my mate the other week who is relitivly new to MTB ing.
He was having problems with his gears slipping and I suggested that he take his bike in for a service and get them to replace the gear cables.
The conversation went on......
If Hydraulic brakes are better than cable brakes then why don't they make Hydraulic gear shifters?
This totally stumped me..........I've never thought of that?!?! :?
Any ideas chaps?
Ta

nicklouse

they do but they are very expensive.

and the reasons of each are very different.

there is no need for power. but presision.

rot5 is the make. iirc.

jimbo-norco

I think they do, but its mega bucks!! Im sure I read about it in MBUK once, someone asked where they could get one, and they said they cost over a grand and its not worth it at all

supersonic

My take on this is its to do with transfer of power, and modulation, which hydraulics in brakes allows more of, to put it bluntly. Not so sure this is specifically needed with gears: but I am sure we will see them anyway.

davydesign

electronic shifting is where it's at according to some article in one of the mags about technologies from the tour de france.

I'll stick to the old school cable system for now me thinks

clarkson

red 5 make them. theyre about a grand i think, altho theyre german so the name is actually rot5 and their website is in german, so brush up your languages sklls!

nicklouse

http://www.5rot.com/startseite.html

Ciaran500

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/articles.php?ID=28

Just make them your self. Easy

miket-62

So...............?
How do electronic brakes sound to everyone???
Pretty scary if they decided to develop them :shock:
Big down hill and your electrics fail on you LOL

nicklouse

miket-62 wrote:

So...............?
How do electronic brakes sound to everyone???
Pretty scary if they decided to develop them :shock:
Big down hill and your electrics fail on you LOL

allready in use in public transport.

miket-62

Ciaran500.........
You don't know my very limited mehanical skills............
I wouldn't have a f...ing clue lol
If you can't buy it in a shop AND get them to fit it............It's not worth having LOL

Will Snow

pffft... did anyone read in dirt about the pneumatic gears??? parently there was like 50m of tube, just strapped ontp this bike to change gear!!! mad...