Electronic shifting on hub gears? i wouldn't touch it with a barge pole but they must think someone would buy it
Well, relying on a steel cable and a (return)spring is not always more precise and fail-save than an electronic actuator.
I don't quite understand what they are doing here. Hub gears == no maintenance.
Although I'm riding gearhubs only in bad weather conditions, I must disagree. They require very little maintenance, compared to derailleur gears, that much is true.
I'm well too tight to give it a try yet, but it sounds very interesting.
And if I'm understanding the system right, a tinkerer like me may very well replace the cables and battery with some replacement stuff, eg. a canon camcorder battery. (?)
In this context, is there anybody to verify whether the MU-Unit would work on a normal 8- or 11-gear hub?