What needs changing on bikes?

[rydabent]

Low climbing gears combined with aero wheels

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Dont laugh!!!!!!! Its heading that way.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Actually something I would like to see is dynamo hubs with easily serviceable bearings by the user. The bearing on my SP dynamo are going and I’m going to have to strip the wheel down and send off to get it serviced / replaced. Where as a normal hub you can do it yourself with fresh bearings, some grease and not much time.

 

[TomDW]

An efficient regenerative power system to provide power to batteries, or whatever else I may need it for.

Nah, bikes are the most efficient machine ever invented. It does not need the concept fouling with dirty batteries.

 

[rydabent]

As a toothpaste it would taste terrible!

They make a cyclist toothpaste, it is called---------------Bug Out.

 

[albion]

https://newatlas.com/bicycles/vabsrider-bicycle-saddle/

Is it all it's cracked up to be?

 

[cyberknight]

https://newatlas.com/bicycles/vabsrider-bicycle-saddle/

Is it all it's cracked up to be?

if it needs to swivel to ride a saddle your bike fit is wrong including saddle width

 

[AndyRM]

Yeah that thing looks tortuous. Chafing and weird ways of stretching your legs would be amongst the biggest problems I reckon.

 

[albion]

Seems a simple but wondrous invention, the main negative probably being saddle weight. 5 years in developnent.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3UaHAyUI4Q&feature=youtu.be

 

[AndyRM]

"Price on application" according to their website.

If you have to ask...

 

[albion]

Gonna be about $500 initially! At a guess.

 

[AndyRM]

Well that's going to get absolutely nowhere then.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Gonna be about $500 initially! At a guess.

Probably, yes. The Infinity bike seat is about $400 so that's probably the ballpark.

The Infinity is an interesting comparison. I remember when it was released on here it was poo-pooed as being pointless and impossible. But as things turned out it does work very well - for some people at least - and occupies a (rather expensive) niche.

 

[rydabent]

Seems a simple but wondrous invention, the main negative probably being saddle weight. 5 years in developnent.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3UaHAyUI4Q&feature=youtu.be

This I think is something all new, and might be a good deal.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Emergency parachute braking system. Just in case my brakes fail…again….

 

[Profpointy]

I think a new headset design could come in handy. Old threaded headsets with expanding wedge stems are nice because they give you lots of up/down adjustability. But they could be a fiddle to adjust the bearings, servicing/regreasing them was always a swear-fest, they could get stuck, and the engineers on here mutter about "brinnelling" and stuff. I've never experienced that - they always worked fine for me - but I'm not an engineer so what do I know.

Threadless A-headsets satisfy the engineers more - because "brinnelling" blah blah and it's pretty easy to adjust the preload on the bearings, but they have the massive drawback that once you've cut the steerer tube to length you can't un-cut it.

Can't someone invent a headset that's easily adjustable up and down, easy to maintain and doesn't make engineers go on and on about brinnelling? And preferably isn't as ugly as sin.

Why can't the saddle tube thingy be use for handlebars?