Ingrid Components, an modern Italian firm that manufactures excessive efficiency bicycle components, has showcased one thing its been engaged on for a short while on the current Bespoked present. That is, their new highway ‘brifters’ which permit customers to shift each up and down the cassette with one ‘shifter’ in a singular manner in addition to braking.
Alongside this, the corporate has additionally teased a brand new groupset along side Formula brakes. Here’s what we all know up to now…
“The cybertruck of motorbike shifters”
Okay, so if in case you have a have a look at a few of the social media commentary on this subject, it is noooot precisely been 100% beneficial in direction of Ingrid up to now. We know us roadies aren’t actually the quickest adopters of recent merchandise, as a result of we often like to depart it to the mountain bikers to check issues out and set up them earlier than we take them on; however brifters – fairly actually that means brake and shift levers multi functional – are already in use within the highway bikes.
What is so completely different about these from Ingrid Components is the way in which that the person interacts with the shifters. Typically, you will push the lever or button in a single path, no matter whether or not you are shifting up or down the cassette. With these, you pull the shifter from left to proper to alter one path, and push to shift into the opposite path. On prime of that’s the brake lever, which provides additional ‘complexity’ to the design.
A radical design?
But what seems to be inflicting such a stir on-line is the way in which the levers look. Sure, they’re er…industrial, however in addition they do not look solely ergonomic. Sharp edges and drained fingers don’t a cushty person expertise make.
Add within the truth it appears like you might want to use your full palm to shift, how sensible will this be for individuals who experience within the drops? And, what is the plan with the total groupset?
We requested Ingrid Components for a remark and all they may inform us was that the total groupset is deliberate for launch round October subsequent yr (though that’s TBD) and the value is usually recommended to be round €1,000.
We do know that Formula will likely be supplying the brakes, which evidently means disc brakes are on the playing cards. There are additionally suspicions it is going to be both a 12 or 13-speed drivetrain, however we will not verify that simply but.
When requested concerning the design, the model in contrast the design to SRAM’s double faucet gear shifting system, and mentioned concerning the unfavorable commenters, “there are nonetheless those who hate double faucet, however they’ve by no means used it.”
We sit up for seeing extra on this subsequent yr, and maybe having a go if Ingrid will allow us to. After all, even when the design appears a bit weird in comparison with what’s already on the market, not less than it is completely different and pushing some boundaries.
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