What old cycling technology would you like to see combined with new cycling technology?

[Milkfloat]

The old milometer but web enabled either via Bluetooth and phone or some other method. So you can keep online records of you daily mileage without knobends focussing on your average speed, power or any other metric.

Garmin Speed Sensor 2 does that - fit and forget on your commuter and no need to use a head unit as it syncs periodically with your phone.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

1 watt of 555 nm light (laser beam green) gives you 683 lumens. So a 6V/3W hub is going to maximally give you a smidge over 2000 lumens at 100% efficiency. Hardly death ray territory!

That’s way above car main beam output, so I’d call it near enough death rays.

 

[Solocle]

That’s way above car main beam output, so I’d call it near enough death rays.

A single main beam though - cars have two, so actually clock ~2600 lumens.

Of course, you can get into lux and beam patterns, but I have operated a 1500 lumen front light before!

 

[Twizit]

And a carbon Brompton.

This - preferably one that weighs the same as my road bike. That would be lovely.

 

[Peugeotrider]

Handlebar mounted cigarette lighter🤣

 

[colly]

Pipe rack and tobacco pouch

Carbon fibre and kevlar respectively.

 

[Ian H]

Well... My Blue Hallett is old-school fillet-brazed steel (latest, lightest Columbus/KVA stainless); square-taper bottom-bracket (11-speed Campag Ergo); shallow alloy rims (tubeless); and a traditional slung-leather saddle (Ti rails).

 

[classic33]

Handlebar mounted cigarette lighter🤣

Like this?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

A holographic projector so car drivers think you are just a slow car and give proper overtakes

 

[palinurus]

Full chaincase on a lightweight bike, I don't care what kind of gears it might have.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Helium filled tubes to provide a lighter than air bike for hills.

 

[newfhouse]

A throttle controlled e-turbo trainer.