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Shimano have revealed that thanks to a software update and their D-Fly wireless unit, hidden buttons on top of their ST-9070 levers can be used to operate external devices like cycle computers.
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http://road.cc/content/news/137821-shimano-dura-ace-di2-levers-act-remote-control
Can it change the channels on my TV?
They had that on wired computers more than a decade ago (Shimano Flightdeck, I thought it was the coolest thing I owned); technology being what it is I'm surprised it's taken so long for a wireless version...
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I don't know what genuine uses this hidden button could have. Accidentally stopping a computer mid-ride just by shifting hands (on a big climb, say) would be really very annoying.
Anyway, what I do want to see is a way for one of the levers to control a brake light, preferably over wireless. I want it so that the slightest movement of the lever makes the brake light illuminate, just like touching the brake pedal in a car. I want it because it's the one time I feel slightly nervous riding in city traffic -- when I have to brake. I often worry that if the car behind is concentrating on me, and not on what's ahead, they might miss the signs of slowing traffic, and not be ready for me suddenly stopping. I'm not sure anyone will ever make anything like this, so I might have to see if I can make my own modifications to a spare set of levers and an old light...
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