What will be the next 'big thing' for bikes?

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D7JAB

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These are all awesome ideas! Maybe not the Vase...Only because its a decorative :girldance:

The whole upload idea upon stopping and being in range of your pc is pretty smart!
You could program the glasses to put other people who do the same route as you as a race ghost so you have something to chase.

After pumping my tyres up at lunch :pump: some kind of full time active pump system would be nice, continuously keeping the tyres at the right pressure to avoid blow outs and many mins of pump time. could also alert you to slow punctures etc before its too late.
 
That was available once (pre-war). I can't remember the exact details but father told me it was a tiny (valve size) pump at the hub worked by a cam with a tube to the inner tube valve.
 

bikepete

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[QUOTE 1806411, member: 45"]A vase.[/quote]

mod_gal_vase.jpg


http://www.fahrradvase.de/
 
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[QUOTE 1806641, member: 76"]An extendable, growing bike. Mostly for kids. Something like a trombone set-up thorughout all the tubes, so as the kids get bigger, you can extend the tubing all ways and the bike grows with them. Put it on a 26" wheel, and it would last for years! Buying bikes for kids is a terribly expensive process and buying one decent "ExtendaByke"® would save hundreds.[/quote]

Extra points to you sir for coming up with a company name!
 

machew

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'Next big thing' for bikes?

Aircon
 

bikepete

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After pumping my tyres up at lunch :pump: some kind of full time active pump system would be nice, continuously keeping the tyres at the right pressure to avoid blow outs and many mins of pump time.

These exist - e.g.

http://pump-hub.com/pump-hub/Pump_Hub.html

That's a small-scale inventor type one, but I've also seen generic ones in catalogues from Taiwanese manufacturers - think they're popular on shopping bikes in e.g. Japan.
 
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