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Road Bike Frames, Wheels & Components / Re: LTWOO ER9 & ERX - Electronic groepsets
« on: May 18, 2024, 03:46:07 PM »And the disaster continues. 3rd dead er9 RD. again, randomly and for no reason. Was riding with my friend, who really hasn't used his new bike much, less than ten rides for sure. Dry, 20 Celsius, smooth asphalt, largely flat. 35km into the ride, his RD dies like the other 2. So there's my er9 on which I've put almost 4k km that's working fine (sometimes it charges weird, but at least it's working), and the fifth one isn't being used because the front wheel on that bike broke during a crash and we're still waiting for a replacement.
At which point can I preemptively ask for extra spare RDs? I'm happy to beta test, but we can't be 6 weeks without derailleurs every time one kills itself.
It probably wasn’t a good idea to buy 5 ER9 groupset especially since it seems LTwoo hasn’t ironed out their issues. My ER9 is still working fine, but I’m always checking to see if it’s functioning! I’m already eyeballing some cheap mechanical 105 12 speed shifters or just drop back down to 11 speed with spare Ultegra shifters if my groupset does die!
BTW - LTwoo updated the app, but I don’t see any new features. It looks like they updated it to recognize the upcoming blue edition ERX/9.