Not that I'm aware of. There's supposedly a small light on each brifter that will indicate a low battery, but I've never looked for it.

... and this conversation reminds me that it's been a full 1.5 years since I've installed a battery in my eGR right shifter. I've never sweated this, because my assumption is that as much as I use the right brifter, the left brifter MUST consume less power. Right? My backup plan has always been to pull out my phone and use the app to switch brifters. Absolute worst case, use the app to shift if/when necessary to get home.

Man! You got me thinking about the battery level of my first eR9 set that I installed two years ago now. It's been ridden over 10.000km at this point. It's not dead yet, but the strategy you have is exactly what I had in mind.

Wheels look great, but really the whole bike is looking incredibly good. What model is that ?

That is the BXT gravel frame with custom decal I that cut myself, since I have one of those vinyl cutter at home. I have to agree that the bike is such a good looking bike! It's been fantastic so far.

Received my DAO40 All Road over a week ago and rode a little over 200km on the set. I requested extra spoke and they happily gave me three. Like others, I got the extra key chain and even a water bottle for Chinertown special. The wheelset themselves have been great. Setting up the tubeless was made easy with the already installed rim tape. Considering it was $350 including tax and shipping (after AE coupons), this was such a great deal! I did not choose expedited shipping and AE somehow shipped mine over the sea - it took over three weeks to be delivered from order.

Correct! There is no longer magnetic port the RD. I am sure if you still have spare RD with magnetic port, and if you want, you can combine all the sets since the battery holder is identical. In fact, I am using the old battery holder from my eR9 so that I don't have to do all the cable routing again. This made the setup a breeze. I am not sure how the system would negotiate the charging if you try to charge from both ports at the same time though.

Do you think that the new version can compete with a Shimano 105 or Ultegra Di2 groupset ?

Which crankset / cassette do you use ?

Given that you can get the set for reasonable price, I think this can easily compete with 105. I got the eRX for ~$500 after tax, which is still less than what you would pay for 105. Ltwoo needs to drop a bit of weight and add more features like extra button to compete with Ultegra. In terms of functionality, I'd argue the new eRX is already much better than 105 with variable speed, per cog micro adjust, USB-C charging, user replaceable batteries, over the air firmware upgrade (I believe 105 still does not support this either).

The new eRX will be paired with Elilee x310 crankset and ZTTO ultralight cassette. Previously, I was running Racework crankset and Dura-Ace cassette which worked flawlessly. I would expect nothing less from the new combination.

is it just the hoodcover or the complete shifter? I'd love to get a new eR9, but only with the bigger V3 eRX shifters because i find my eR9 V1 hoods simply too tiny and therefore uncomfortable.

Judging from Trace's video, both hood and the whole body of the V2 and V3 are different. I'd like to do the same to upgrade my other two eR9s. We'll see, maybe eventually eR9 will catch up the eRX. Ltwoo seems to like making changes often, which is both good and bad for us customers. Worst case scenario, I'll just pick new sets eRX shifters and pair them with the current eR9, if I end up liking the V3 shifter that I should be receiving in a few days.

do you try to syncronize something for new erx with old. like new fd with old shifters? is that possible?

The groupset is still on its way to me. I can check when I get them on my hands and report back.

So, I believe the new version Trace was referring is the one I just placed the order for. It is the same to what PandaPodium also sells. The new version does have updated hood shape, in addition to the new button layout.

I was also debating if I should wait for the new Magene groupset to be out for sale outside of China. The new extra button will be a nice change, but I need a groupset now and I am not sure if I want to beta test other new groupset. It's not that I expect a perfect second (third?) edition from Ltwoo would be perfert, but I assume Ltwoo has learned a thing or two from the previous ones. Also, my two eR9s somehow are still going strong.

Anyone got any link on Taobao? I found one from the official Magene store, but it shows not in stock. Curious if they ship to US or maybe purchase through some of Taobao agent like Superbuy.