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What will be the dominant bicycle type of the next decade?
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Posted 14 years ago #
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The VSF T400 Rohloff equipped bikes with Son + B&M lights, rack + Magura offered great value and finish in the 'bike with a future' category. Then prices went up and these 'do-it-all' bikes became less attractive.
Since then I've been looking at Simpel.ch
Range from Simpel in SwitzerlandThese all come with everything... some interesting gearing options too. Latest improved Wegwärts Nu-vinci gears plus roller brakes, hub lights, rack guards, internal cabling. Just reviewed in Velo Vison.
Not sure what people think of Shimano BR-IM80 Roller Brake. Carrera Subway 8 used these as well (Half***s)
Is a hub brake better for a 'bike of the future'?Wegwärts Nu-vinci reviewed in new copy of Velo Vision mag. Even basic versions of their models come with hub lights.
I love the Simple site... in French or German only at moment.
Has great items like
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So you know overall gear rangePosted 14 years ago # -
So my prediction for the 2010s is mainly utility:
* an amalgamation of folding bike thinking using cheaper multi-speed hub gears, Kevlar brake and gear cables, and either 26" or 24" wheels; and
* much greater market penetration of the electric bicycle: motor assist, with a wiring loom for regenerative braking, lights and navigation.
* I also think we'll see hydraulic systems adopted by road groupsets for brakes, and by the MTB/offroaders for gears.All in all, not too bad a prediction!
We still like cables for gears on MTBs, whereas roadies have gone for electric derailleurs.
Posted 1 year ago # -
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Interesting question.
A simple answer is, perhaps, "none". The last few years has demonstrated diversity.
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http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1639#post-15945
I’ll stick with what I wrote
EXCEPT ignored rise of electric, cargo and, especially, both.
Posted 1 year ago # -
A modern 'mass' bike...
Hub gears
Belt drive
Hub brakes (as they need little work)
Hub lighting or 'solar mudguards' (© LB Technologies 2010)Nuvinci hub mentioned back then too - Enviolo is used on many E-cargo bikes. Many are belt drive models.
I expected neat step through designs to outgrow recumbents although ageing population has kept recumbent trikes relevant.
The Paper Bicycle was one good 'step through' design - sold a handful. Interestingly the Glasgow based designer Nick Lobnitz reckoned the Urban Arrow 'borrowed' his design of a double tubed 'cage' around the bottom bracket & chainring. Bike espionage at Eurobike? (Nick does freelance bike design for a few brands - R&M Birdy makeover was one of his. Used to come round shop and rode a Paper Bicycle with his dog Luna on front rack at first POP.) I had never really expected e-assist to take off - if only the Paper Bicycle had been electric. Once Bosch & Shimano got going with bottom bracket motors then everything changed.
Gazelle shows what can be done to make a comfortable bike for everyone... but at a price.
VanMoof do style + integration with finance type deals (Cowboy copy now spotted).Future bikes that people can afford? Decathlon worth watching...?
Posted 1 year ago #
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