OTTO DesignWorks, a startup based in Oregon has developed a product which they say will offer “perfect shifting in under five minutes” for people with Shimano and SRAM 9-, 10- and 11-speed gear cassettes.
As the video below shows, the company sells gauges that can be attached to a cassette and derailleur. Its free smartphone app then uses its camera and photogrammatry — the mathematically intensive process of turning images into three-dimensional modeling — to diagnose the situation and walk someone through the tuning process.
The physical gauges will start shipping in early June; preorders are being accepted now. The software is expected to be available in the iOS App Store in the next few weeks.
Only an iPhone app is currently complete. OTTO is working on an Android app that will be specific to Samsung Galaxy devices.
More information available at Ottodesignworks.com.
