Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I often think bikes need more bacon.
What needs changing on bikes?
- Thread starter Hover Fly
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ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Sounds like you need to get rid of the mechanic (you).
Chief Broom
Veteran
Bring back the quill stem so theres actually some height adjustment to play with 
spose aheadsets are ok for young whippersnappers 
but my spine is like a stack of loose pebbles and there isnt any bike i could ride [comfortably] out of a showroom.
spose aheadsets are ok for young whippersnappers but my spine is like a stack of loose pebbles and there isnt any bike i could ride [comfortably] out of a showroom.
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Bring back the quill stem so theres actually some height adjustment to play with
I can recommend breaking your spine and losing the front half of a disc - means you can still bend over and ride your race bikes from 30 years ago.
brommieinkorea
Well-Known Member
What battery ? Bicycles don't have batteries.
mustang1
Legendary Member
- Location
- London, UK
Magnetic frictionless wheels, ditto for the cranks, built in super unbreakable lock. Maybe a self cleaning chain.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Chris Boardman might have a few comments about the aero aspects of that design
Proto
Legendary Member
- Location
- East Devon/West Dorset
Better seat rail clamp arrangement. Methods do vary but some are a nightmare if you need to change a saddle. There’s got to be a better way.
Conrad_K
unindicted co-conspirator
- Location
- Little Rock, Arkansas
Every climb has a corresponding downhill, and it would help on those
I'm pretty sure at least 75% of my riding is uphill. 20% would be more or less level, and only 5% noticeably downhill.
Perhaps the local bike paths were laid out by MC Escher.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
He was assisted by a bloke with similar thoughts regarding wind direction
lazybloke
Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Escher loop rides do exist (when measured in units of time if you see what i mean).
Here's my recent one in north Cornwall, in the right direction to make it mostly down and flat, and therefore lots of nice fast bits too (when not constantly stopping to take pics or check the map).
Obviously had to climb back to my starting elevation eventually, but that was compressed into mostly one short effort.
It felt the perfect ride; might have been less good in reverse!
