It's already been done. Ride a rod braked roadster in the rain and you won't lock the brakes.
What needs changing on bikes?
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It's already been done. Ride a rod braked roadster in the rain and you won't lock the brakes.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Active variable geometry stems. The faster you go, the lower your bike tucks you in.
Hydraulic drivetrains.
Propeller drive.
Hydraulic drivetrains.
Propeller drive.
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
A built in audible device to warn others that there's a cyclist approaching apart from the squeaky chain and incorrectly adjusted derailleur.
Oh and a way so that a bike can communicate with animals in fields to save the rider doing terrible animal noises as he passes fields with livestock in 😂😂
Oh and a way so that a bike can communicate with animals in fields to save the rider doing terrible animal noises as he passes fields with livestock in 😂😂
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
I'm glad I'm not the only person to do that!
Still my cow, sheep and horse impressions are better than my singing.
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
Every climb has a corresponding downhill, and it would help on those
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Something such as a bell you mean?
I suppose a pr of cow bells could work
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
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.
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.
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wiggydiggy
Guru
It will not surprise us I'm sure to learn thats already been tried, by the French of course
Peugeot Propeller Bicycle-1920
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
13 speed wireless Di2 is around the corner. Sell both your kidneys, you obviously need it.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
13? That's unlucky. I'll wait for 14 speed.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
The shallower descents, yes. The important thing on steeper descents is to slow down enough rather than to speed up. I have hit 90 km/hr freewheeling without a fairing. That is about as fast as I dare go!Every climb has a corresponding downhill, and it would help on those
According to the late Mike Burrows, the only 'new' invention for bikes was the clipless pedal in it's various forms.
Everything else, he reckoned had already been done, but lacked either the suitable materials and / or the techno knowhow to make it work properly.
Was he right - ?
The clipless pedal was invented by Charles Hanson in 1895. It allowed the rider to twist the shoe to lock and unlock and had rotational float.
LED lighting and Kevlar tyres have been game changers for everyday cyclists.
My Dahon Cadenza has a threadless headset that compresses a sleeve, not the stem. The stem goes over the sleeve and can be adjusted for height and removed for packing.
PedallingNowhereSlowly
Well-Known Member
Affordable utility and commuting bikes that actually stand up to all-weather daily use and will do a few thousand miles without a service.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I presume there would be a different applicator for use as butt cream, toothpaste and chain lube?????
although I have heard there is probably a web site that doesn;t see the point
probably
