What's next in bicycle tech?
slightly bigger or smaller wheels3rd proprietary chain standard0.2 degree slacker seat tube
26" will make a comeback under a new name.
>>2057761They'll call them 22" and market their weight savings.
2x but without a front derailleur
wireless brakes
Mass manufactured high quality $400 Chinese internal gear hubs obliterating dogshit derallieurs and leading us to the promised land of zero maintenance except an oil change here and there.
Touchscreen operated smart bikes with gear subscriptions.
self-stealing bikes for inner city travel
>>2057792>t. has never been around IGH
>>2057792>that'll be 20% wattage surcharge
>>2057728I would fucking love integrated screens in my handlebars for all my data.There was this one company that showed them around on a few ocassions but i dont know if its real.Imagine a fully integrated Ultegra Di2 with a digital widescreen cockpit in your aerobars. God i think it is only a matter of time but i want it now.Electric actuated brakes would be cool too. Imagine only some kind of pressure sensor in your hoods that coresponds with your electric ABS brakes.We could finally get rid of those stupid break levers.
CVTs on wheel hub motorsbelt drive coming back9999999 lumen lights aimed directly into pedestrians' eyescar-like brake-actuated rear lightsintegrated locks controlled by an app>>2057761it already has, idk why but every chinky ebike kit uses 26" wheels and every new production one uses even smaller>>2057814a few companies tried to make some but it turned out people just want to mount their phone directly because niggers steal the handlebar mounted computers and it's more sensible to just mount your phone, use a dogshit app, and take the phone with you when you lock up the bike. ebikes tend to come with chinky monochrome displays that show battery health and ride/motor metrics.
>>2057728wireless brakes
ROAD BIKE but hear me out Able to fit 60mm tires120mm travel suspension forksOptional Rear suspension More upright regular bike riding comfortable seating position It's a Cross Country Trail Endurance All Road Gravity Gravel bike folks! you heard it here first!
Oh yeah and flat bars with bar ends and dropper seats
>>2057857This but only 60 mm tires, nothing else.
Track bikes with brakes
>>2057857So you want a beach cruiser
No wheels. Single point electric field suspending you off the ground. You pedal to make the static electricity.
>>2057728app-controled everythingpedals will be locked if not connected to your phoneno brakes whithout signallive camera stream to 200+ advertisement partners required to turn handlebarsapp will only be supported for two yearsnew version won't support your bike, please upgradenew phones won't support old app
>>2057728Nothing, they'll just make them even more expensive
>>2057761Standard wheel size is over rated anyway for city bikes. Smaller wheels are more fun and you accelerate quicker from red lights. Unless youre on a race/road bike doing long distances outside cities, the benefits are negligible. 90s 650c MTB's were peak comfy, why is no one making those bikes anymore?
>>2057955*With cheaper materials
Extra buttons on hoods for lights and things Like an open standard that allows accessory manufacturers to design compatible products
>>2057881couldn't you have just drilled the crown and installed a caliper normally? why go through a middle man?
>>2058310>an open standardhaha, this is about what will happen, not actually good answers that definitely won't happen
subscription models where you pay per wheel rotation
>>2058356There isn’t enough material there to safely drill and mount a brake as it’s a Keirin bike
>>2058310They already have this for di2
We might see a turn of repel against the ultra Fred, and start seeing bikes with aero shells again
>>2057791this is so incredibly dangerous and just plain stupid that i can see some companies actually try it
>>2058407>That's enough front braking for today!>You still have unlimited rear braking.>23:59:59 remaining until your front brake limit resets.>Upgrade now for more pro-level braking action!>Shimano Criterium: $4.99/month>up to 120 seconds of all-wheel braking per day>Shimano Classic: $9.99/month>up to 360 seconds of all-wheel braking per day>Shimano Championship: $29.99/month (includes 1 month free DashPass, a $9.99 value) >unlimited all-wheel braking!>*based on 12 month subscription, renews annually
>>2058418braking lootboxes :^
>>2057836All of these already exist.
>>2058405>1988 Hutch Genital Warts
>>2057836DUI detected
>>2058310mate 99% of bike accessories are either 5 or 12v as it is and picrel exist. i'd get it if you meant cyclinc computers or motor controllers or something (which themselves come out of the same two chink factories so are a defacto standard) but even i'm ordering some shit off digikey and my local hardware store to rig up some switches to my handlebars to control lights
>>2058744i think i have the flu and forgot my image
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>>2060485Ok /n/ how would design this to fail safe and not get get sued?I would make the brake apply very slowly and progressively in the event of a loss of connection
Consumer grade fabrication machines rendering the bike industry obsolete. I think we may start seeing them towards the end of the century
>>2060520
>>2060490It's locked by default and held open by electromagnets powered by $60 proprietary batteries that'll bulge out in two years and light your carbon frame and hence your apartment on fire after three.
>>2060520i kinda like it. very cyberpunk "designed and built by lowest bidder from highest technology" feel. if it were marketed as just an ultralight motorcycle it would be ok.>>2060523if i could find a local hobby shop for stuff like metal tubing unironically i would be building my own bike shit. 3d printers are free, every library has one>>2060490same way truck and train brakes do it. they're always on without user input. your controls in the cockpit open the brakes so it can move. so if you have a connection loss you do a frontflip>>2060529this but it's hydraulic and requires proprietary high pressure cartridges that can't be shipped through normal means and sometimes randomly explode anyway
>>2060529>It's locked by default and held open by electromagnets>going 60 km/h downhill>front brake fails>head over heels and cartwheel down the mountaini'll sue them for a billion dollars
>>2060585Sorry the terms of service of the subscription make it very clear that they are not liable for anything ever, and now you are getting counter-sued for libel
>>2057728Bus software that knows how to aim at bicycles for some reason..
There has been a massive push in the past 10 years to try and come up with a new drivetrain design that is meant to be more reliable and maintenance free than derailleurs but every single one of them come with some kind of efficiency loss that prevent them from being a straight upgrade. I can see things like belt drives becoming more common on commuter bikes because the average joe is shit at maintenance and would probably rather take the efficiency losses if it means they don't have to remember to clean and lube their bikes every 250 miles
>>2060682carbon fiber jointed drive axle, like on a car
>>2060529wouldnt that take a ton of power just to stay open
IGH on race bikes (road and mtb) probably.. but maybe it wil start with cxand freds will call anyone who prefers external drivetrains a retrogrouch, and/or will lie and claim its because they are too poor for igh when really its because igh is inferior
>>2060682average commuter these days is dropping $7k on a tricked out e-cargo "bike" anyway so using a ridged plastic belt to crank a 3-speed hub is fine, no one will sweat harder, they'll just need to recharge more oftenit's time we just accepted that pedaling your own bike is going to be for tryhard fred homosexuals who prance around in a spandex g-string on their fragile s-works bikes that don't even make you go faster, kind of like how cars that you can shift yourself that don't have mandatory telemetry sending real-time penile plethysmography data to palantir are now seen as a horrendously quaint antique for eccentric loners
>>2057728>What's next in bicycle tech?KERS
>>2060682Honestly I don't see why they don't just put the whole cassette in the front and the "derailleur" is just a spring-loaded arm that only moves on one axis. 99% of crappy off-the-rack bikes never have all their gears used anyway. Literally just make every bike a 3 to 5 speed and call it a day.ESPECIALLY if they're electric or pedal-assisted.Though speaking of, I saw a thing on hackaday of someone using "electric transmission" -- the pedals crank a dynamo, and the wheel has a motor. You crank the dynamo, the motor on the other side moves. Only a very small battery more as an extra big smoothing capacitor than anything. It's probably horrendously inefficient, but now you don't have to deal with a derailleur, I guess.
>>2061439This doesn't seem dangerous at all.
>>2057728Tweels, or solid tires will finally be practical with deep travel or active suspension. Reverse trike front fork kits with baskets and low slung batteries effectively making them bakfeits. Canopies.....somehow. maybe just for the bakfiets with a Kermit Muppet caper puppet on the pedals like some mock rickshaw. KERS or standard braking recovery. Super fast charging. Essentially every innovation or cars but goes 10 times further cause of leanness of bikes. Nerds wank on about Tesla plaid, but dont think about dragging 3 empty seats....best we get it old 911 conversions for half the weight, but where is the electric cabin motorcycle that is a 1/4 of the weight, therefore fixing the charge time, and making toxic mining of rare earth's 4 times more efficient. Or micro turbo diesel front wheel kits instead of a castrated motorcycle (moped).And of course the inexcusable off the shelf upgrade that never comes: all stainless bearings and chain for zero maintenance. Cost preventative and planned obsolescence in a tens of thousand dollar car, real world beater in a bike that never breaks.
