New technology embraced in 2015

[biggs682]

During 2015 I have embraced quite a few more modern cycling aids ... Does this mean the start of the end for older technology like steel bikes!

So in 2015 I started using the following things, Sti's, Spd clip in pedals,alloy framed bikes, Carbon forks, Garmin 200 and just had a Garmin Virb for my birthday .

Do people think that this might be the start of something happening in the way I cycle?

 

[Smokin Joe]

Next it'll be electronic gears and disc brakes.

It's nice to mix both traditional and modern technology, both have their upsides and their downs.

 

[bancrobba]

Before you know it people will be harking back to the good old days of carbon bikes. Telling everyone that retro carbon frames are the dogs, and warning that graphene will melt if you go through a puddle.

 

[midliferider]

What happened to the Penny Farthing?

 

[screenman]

What happened to the Penny Farthing?

It went decimal.

 

[derrick]

During 2015 I have embraced quite a few more modern cycling aids ... Does this mean the start of the end for older technology like steel bikes!

So in 2015 I started using the following things, Sti's, Spd clip in pedals,alloy framed bikes, Carbon forks, Garmin 200 and just had a Garmin Virb for my birthday .

Do people think that this might be the start of something happening in the way I cycle?

Where is the new technology?

 

[classic33]

What happened to the Penny Farthing?

Bike shop near me still sells them.

 

[contadino]

I sullied an otherwise clear handlebar with a mobile phone mount at Xmas. That'll sate my curiosity for new technology for a few years.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I must admit I've been wondering if its time I handed in my trusty cycle computer and got myself a Garmin, only wondering though, I rarely ride on roads that I don't know and I'm sure that getting the device and the computer to talk to each other will be a challenge, the down side of linux.

 

[biggs682]

I must admit I've been wondering if its time I handed in my trusty cycle computer and got myself a Garmin, only wondering though, I rarely ride on roads that I don't know and I'm sure that getting the device and the computer to talk to each other will be a challenge, the down side of linux.

@dave r i went straight for a garmin 200 and missed out the cycle computers and then i only use it for distance covered

 

[Diggs]

I'm sure that getting the device and the computer to talk to each other will be a challenge, the down side of linux.

I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

@dave r i went straight for a garmin 200 and missed out the cycle computers and then i only use it for distance covered

I think it was somewhere around 1990 when I got my first cycle computer.

 

[smokeysmoo]

I think it was somewhere around 1990 when I got my first cycle computer.

You mean to say you didn't have one of these?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

You mean to say you didn't have one of these?

A blast from the past, I remember them, I had one at one point.

 

[smokeysmoo]

A blast from the past, I remember them, I had one at one point.

Ditto