What Shimano Should’ve Done
Thanks to this app I now have an electronic derailleur. I have an E6100 mid drive e-bike, Kona el kahuna SUV, and I wanted to install an electronic derailleur to minimize maintenance. Shimano would prevent the bike from providing any assistance since the shifting unit differs from what the manufacturer installed. The direction they provide is taking it back to a dealer, which is pretty ludicrous to me. Without the addition license and just paying the $0.99 for the app, I was able to make this extremely simple change without having to haul my bike to a random dealer so they can flip a bit and set some config items. I appreciate Markus’ work on making these basic functions available to everyone. Working on your own bike should be supported by all manufacturers. Thanks to Markus you can actually do that. I’ll be buying a full license, not because I need the additional features, but because I want this work to continue. Thanks again for your work.
