excavator666

I did a road time trial recently and actually really enjoyed it. I never thought I'd see the day that I'd want to read about road bikes on Pinkbike, but definitely compared to e-bikes.

Sorry to hear that guys. Hope you get them back!

Come on Gee! Light her up on the WC now!

@multialxndr: This is true. So when you getting an e-bike?

@audric: That's great, thanks for your insight dude! I've been obsessing over gearboxes ever since I seen a Diamondback Sabbath back in about 2008. I knew then that this what I wanted. I've spec'd up Cavaleries many times on their website, but always thought that their bikes were ridiculously expensive for what they are. I now own a Zerode Taniwha and I can honestly say that it's EXACTLY the bike I've been waiting for since 2008. I thought I wouldn't like the grip shifter, and it delayed me from making the purchase for a long time, but now I think it's a far superior system to trigger shifters. I love being able to dump or grab as many gears as I want, whenever I want (except whilst putting down a lot of power, which just requires an adjustment to the shifting technique). The quality of the grip shifter is brilliant. It's a far cry from the awful plasticy things that used to come on bikes in the 90's/2000's. The feel of the shifter is beautifully mechanical and precise. Whenever I'm washing the bike after another trouble free ride I think to myself "Ah remember when we used to have those ridiculous fragile pieces of scrap metal derailleurs hanging of the back of our bikes?.. Oh wait, most people still do!" and I laugh to myself and then rinse and dry my bike and put it away in anticipation of giving'er more trouble free abuse. I also like the silent running part, or at least I would except that I have Hope hubs! They're great hubs, but the rear one is stupidly noisy, and honestly without the rest of the clanking and banging that normally comes from a bike, the whizz just sounds like a hiss, and it's distracting because it regularly makes me think that I have a puncture. Noisy hubs are so last decade.

@audric: What other gearboxes have you ridden? How do they compare?

Looks bloody cold! and class craic!

These forks look awesome! I'd love to try one. Fuck the haters.

I have a Pinion gearbox and it's handsdown the best piece of kit I've ever had on a bike. I've always been interested in the Effigear box too, except that the bike company who makes them; Cavalerie's bikes are ridiculously expensive for something that looks like someone threw together in a shed out of scrap alloy. Always thought the Effigear gearbox was cool though, especially because they have trigger shift, but honestly after 10 minutes on a Pinion with a grip shift, I prefer it much more to trigger shifters now.