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Patents suggest next-gen Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 will go wireless

One of the biggest questions on the minds of cycling’s technology-minded types: will the next generation of Shimano’s Dura Ace include wireless electronic shifting? Shimano was of course the first major player to market with electronic shifting (aside from Mavic’s early short-lived attempts), when it introduced Di2 in 2009, using wires to connect shifters, derailleurs, …

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Radical SRAM crankset patent incorporates three rotating derailleurs

Is bicycle shifting about to get some entirely fresh technology? A recently patented application shows that SRAM has been hard at work designing a wireless front derailleur system unlike anything seen before – with three separate gear-changing mechanisms that rotate with the crankset. It’s made possible by motorized derailleurs and wireless communication with the shift …

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