Would you pay £800 for a new rear derailleur? Plus loads more tech news from BianchiOfficial, wahoofitness, brooksengland, Orbea... cycling
This week, we have brand new products to show you from Lusso, Brooks and Bianchi, and updates from Wahoo, Orbea and UDOG, but we're going to start with a really interesting – and really expensive – new derailleur design from Rene Herse...Rene Herse Cycles has unveiled a new Nivex mechanical rear derailleur that costs $729, doesn’t mount on a conventional hanger, can only handle a 30-tooth cassette, and uses a $249 down tube shifter.
With that in mind, Rene Herse has spent four years developing a derailleur with no return spring. Instead, the derailleur is pulled by cable in both directions, the idea being to provide a consistent action that’s also light and immediate. The location is also said to make the derailleur impervious to mud and protect it from damage although, Rene Herse concedes, it does make wheel removal more difficult. Oh, and of course, your bike doesn't currently have a derailleur mount on the chainstay so you'll need to have one brazed on – that's not going to be possible on a lot of frames, including carbon ones, of course – or buy a new frame.
Weighing a claimed 176g, the Rene Herse rear derailleur is among the lightest out there, while the shift lever is 54g. The first lever to be available is indexed 11-speed for Shimano cassettes although 7-, 8-, 10- and 12-speed are on the way. If you want to go even more retro, friction shifters are coming too.
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