Di2 is wonderful kit, but I wouldn’t want a load of exposed (fragile!) wires on the outside of a steel MTB frame myself. On a carbon frame with internal routing, it makes a lot more sense. Anyway… It’s perfectly doable though, you just need to be inventive and not mind too much about having all the wiring external.
Personally, if the problem is just your right hand, then get a SRAM GX Eagle setup and just swap the trigger shifter out for a Gripshift, and mount it on the left hand side rather than the right. It’ll work fine with just about any brake levers on the market, it’s loads cheaper than Di2, you’ll get 500% range etc… And when you’re right hand is better, you can either swap the gripshift over to the right, or just replace it with a proper trigger shifter again.
cheers – will take a look at the sram kit, the info I’ve seen on the sram grip shift is that the brake lever is then shifted right inside on the bars. No idea if this is true or avoidable.
What I’m trying to avoid is spending money on kit that won’t work. I was hoping to keep the Cotic as a 2x config, but that’s not looking too good right now. Without spending circa 700-800 on electronic shifters.
My sram gear shiters on the Cannondale jekyll are sublime.