I rode with a former product manager from Zerode this last weekend, and had a chance to play around a bit on his Taniwha. He noted that people who have experience driving manual transmissions have an easier time grasping the concept. As someone who occasionally murders gears shifting under load on my X01 Eagle, I see the appeal. A gearbox either shifts perfectly or not at all, and all that's required to get it to shift is momentarily reduce pressure on the pedals. It's pretty cool to be able to dump a huge range instantly, such as going into a big dip/reverse.
The weight didn't bother me. His medium Taniwha was lighter than my Sentinel with a coil, and the suspension also felt pretty nice. ~32 lbs for an enduro bike is not unreasonable.
However, I hated the grip shift. What gearboxes need are an electronic paddle shifter (like AXS). That would get me to seriously consider it.
Oct. 23, 2019, 9:23 a.m. - Andeh
I rode with a former product manager from Zerode this last weekend, and had a chance to play around a bit on his Taniwha. He noted that people who have experience driving manual transmissions have an easier time grasping the concept. As someone who occasionally murders gears shifting under load on my X01 Eagle, I see the appeal. A gearbox either shifts perfectly or not at all, and all that's required to get it to shift is momentarily reduce pressure on the pedals. It's pretty cool to be able to dump a huge range instantly, such as going into a big dip/reverse. The weight didn't bother me. His medium Taniwha was lighter than my Sentinel with a coil, and the suspension also felt pretty nice. ~32 lbs for an enduro bike is not unreasonable. However, I hated the grip shift. What gearboxes need are an electronic paddle shifter (like AXS). That would get me to seriously consider it.