Has anyone ever had their ui2 system completely fail? I made sure to charge the battery Thursday night and get a ride in on Friday to make sure there would be no issues during the race. I had a great swim and came out just under my predicted time of 54. Coming out of T1 the rain was coming down in buckets and the thought never crossed my mind that the ui2 system would fail. I would say it was raining hard for the better part of my first 2.5 hrs on the bike and after that it cleared up and the roads actually were drying out. On my second loop right before the turnaround at Ausable Forks my shifters completely stopped working. After a mile of self debate I get off my bike pull the battery notice it's wet inside the compartment,attempt to wipe it off reconnect the battery and I was off. It worked. So I had only lost 30 seconds no big deal.
A mile down the road right at the turn around no more shifters. I'm in the big ring and the middle of my cassette. I push and hold the adjustment button and nothing no sign of power. I try this a couple more times nothing. I ride into jay and stop right before the right hand turn pull the battery wipe everything dry but it appeared to be just as wet as it was the first time. Put the battery back hopped on and nothing. I rode another ten miles or so when I was able to flag down tech support. Tech support did exactly what I had done the two previous times and nothing. I asked them to drop me into the small ring as it it pretty much all uphill from there on out. I have to be honest and say that I thought my day was over for the goals I had set. The gear I was stuck in wasn't to bad for climbing but for anything flat or downhills it was useless. Bike ended up at 5:20 which was not what I was hoping for but realized that I had to deal with the race I was having not the race I could have had. Really happy I was able to run my way back into the race and secure a spot to kona.
Mechanical issues suck no matter what and I know it happens to everyone at some point. Just sucks when it's not something you can fix and move on. I would think this is something that doesn't happen often as shimano would test under all conditions. Back home today and taking the bike to the shop and get it sorted out.
Bryn Mawr Running Company
A mile down the road right at the turn around no more shifters. I'm in the big ring and the middle of my cassette. I push and hold the adjustment button and nothing no sign of power. I try this a couple more times nothing. I ride into jay and stop right before the right hand turn pull the battery wipe everything dry but it appeared to be just as wet as it was the first time. Put the battery back hopped on and nothing. I rode another ten miles or so when I was able to flag down tech support. Tech support did exactly what I had done the two previous times and nothing. I asked them to drop me into the small ring as it it pretty much all uphill from there on out. I have to be honest and say that I thought my day was over for the goals I had set. The gear I was stuck in wasn't to bad for climbing but for anything flat or downhills it was useless. Bike ended up at 5:20 which was not what I was hoping for but realized that I had to deal with the race I was having not the race I could have had. Really happy I was able to run my way back into the race and secure a spot to kona.
Mechanical issues suck no matter what and I know it happens to everyone at some point. Just sucks when it's not something you can fix and move on. I would think this is something that doesn't happen often as shimano would test under all conditions. Back home today and taking the bike to the shop and get it sorted out.
Bryn Mawr Running Company
