Bicycle Development

[Sittingduck]

Integrated GPS / Cycling computer in the stem with touch screen and auto sync to wi-fi when in range.

Better electric shifting systems that don't have any junction boxes, wiring or big battery packs.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Possibly a power supply for gadgets/gears/battery charging driven by a small dynamo, maybe hidden away in the seat tube, all integrated into the bike. Yes, I know it's possible with hub dynamos now but it's far from straightforward.

Actually come to think of it, the batteries in most gadgets and lights last for a full ride and can easily be recharged at home, so perhaps not.

 

[Drago]

Carbon fibre bikes strong enough for people that eat meat?

 

[Gasman]

Helibikes.

 

[User16625]

This needs to be added to the highway code:

Before pulling out from a junction be sure to look left, look right, look up.

 

[jonny jeez]

I think the next technological leap forward for cycles will be the drive-train. Belt drives maybe?

Also, bikes will start 'talking' about how they feel, like F1 telemetrics

Belts have been and gone, splitting the frame to fit a belt means potentially floppy rides. Never really caught on.

That said I really wanted one a while back.

 

[mickle]

Unequal braking in the peloton.

'Cantis in the bunch' as it's known in the trade.

 

[Pale Rider]

That isn't the problem. The problem is establishing standards, particularly for neutral service. The braking thing is over-stated.

Philippe Gilbert of BMC thinks unequal braking is one of the problems.

“You will never have every team on discs, but you couldn’t have some with and some without because that would cause crashes. The ones with discs will brake in 10 metres and the ones without 20 metres.”

Read more at http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...sary-on-road-bikes-157272#jcCfKSprj06ZPQh4.99

 

[mustang1]

Catapult propulsion. (I also ponder/dribble).

I am not a fan of electronic aids to make you go faster. Gear changes, anti lock brakes etc, they are fine. But I also don't like brake regenerative energy. However, I don't mind coasting downhill, and pedalling in a low gear which then generates and stores this energy to be released later.

Hubless wheels will be cool when they go mainstream.

Tech is available now but idk who uses it: rear view camera that uses Bluetooth to transmit live images (no delay otherwise unsafe) to your phone that is attached to handlebars this negating the need for rear view mirrors.

 

[jonny jeez]

My list.

Light integration (illuminated frames)
Proper...like useable, competition level, solid tyres...PLEASE!!! This is the one I wait for every single day.
Electronic braking
Real time flybys and communication between garmins
Actual waterproof jackets
Lockable weather proof bike stations in cities
Cycle showers and lockers in cities
Longer life electric assist bikes (no range anxiety)
New shifter designs on road bikes
Changeable colour schemes
Larger road bike wheel size
Some new way of doing something simple, like changing a tube that requires us to throw out all our kit and invest in new kit.

 

[andyfraser]

Tech is available now but idk who uses it: rear view camera that uses Bluetooth to transmit live images (no delay otherwise unsafe) to your phone that is attached to handlebars this negating the need for rear view mirrors.

I'd like something like that but instead of a phone I'd want a dedicated display. That way I wouldn't need to take a phone, risk my phone in a crash or drain my phone's battery unnecessarily. The display could be used for GPS and other functions too,

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'd like something like that but instead of a phone I'd want a dedicated display. That way I wouldn't need to take a phone, risk my phone in a crash or drain my phone's battery unnecessarily. The display could be used for GPS and other functions too,

And could be powered by my little hidden dynamo! It could also be displaying the @jonny jeez real time flyby augmented with the Wave Notifier suggested by @jarlrmai which looks up an approaching rider's Strava achievements and indicates whether/how vigorously to wave.

The frame itself will have a bus wired into the structure of the frame, so all the bits (shifters, electronic mech, cadence sensors, HRM cameras, GPS) will be in contact with each other, and with everything else in an internet of thingsy kind of way. So a hacker will be able to throw you into top gear just exactly as you hit the worst bit of a hill.

 

[jonny jeez]

I'd like something like that but instead of a phone I'd want a dedicated display. That way I wouldn't need to take a phone, risk my phone in a crash or drain my phone's battery unnecessarily. The display could be used for GPS and other functions too,

Great idea and you could maybe mount it to your shoulder so that, in order to see behind all you need to do is look at one of your shoulders.


No wait.....

 

[jonny jeez]

Philippe Gilbert of BMC thinks unequal braking is one of the problems.

“You will never have every team on discs, but you couldn’t have some with and some without because that would cause crashes. The ones with discs will brake in 10 metres and the ones without 20 metres.”

Read more at http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...sary-on-road-bikes-157272#jcCfKSprj06ZPQh4.99

I thought that discs had been approved for this season, just too late for the tour. So was expecting all bikes next year to come as standard with discs...just like them pros.

 

[Citius]

Philippe Gilbert of BMC thinks unequal braking is one of the problems.

“You will never have every team on discs, but you couldn’t have some with and some without because that would cause crashes. The ones with discs will brake in 10 metres and the ones without 20 metres.”

Read more at http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...sary-on-road-bikes-157272#jcCfKSprj06ZPQh4.99

I dont agree with him on the braking distance issue. Braking power is not a limiter, because calipers already offer enough power to lock a wheel.