Hydraulics for Your Bike

5rot hydraulic derailer

A lightweight, nearly frictionless shifting system would be nice, but at $2000 it’s a little on the pricey side. The Germany company 5rot makes these hydraulic shifters and derailleurs for that guy who’s sick of having his $5000 mountain bike look like all the other $5000 mountain bikes.

If the only thing this startup company is selling are $2000 shifting systems, they shouldn’t be around too long. Just wait for a going out of business sale if you really need hydraulic shifting.

via Light Bikes

By Rocky Thompson

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This entry was posted on THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2007 - 10:39 A.M. and is filed under Gear, Cycling. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Hydraulics for Your Bike”

  1. pembertim Says:

    I suspect even the smallest bubble would throw off the shifting no?

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