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Smartphone gives bikes an automatic gearbox
Some will worry about the system’s dependence on Bluetooth, says Joel Natale, head buyer at Evans Cycles of London, which runs 50 UK bike shops.
“Shimano could have made their system wireless but decided not to. Imagine 200 riders in a peloton are using it. How can you make sure the signals don’t interact or that somebody else can’t get control… to stop you changing gear?” he asks.
Natale thinks CCL will face an uphill struggle getting most riders to abandon manual gear changing. “However, there is one group for whom this may make total sense, and that’s triathlon riders – who like to ride at constant cadence and power”, he says.
Next, CCL wants to develop a bike version of a car’s anti-lock braking system (ABS), with the iPhone controlling the bike brakes to prevent a skid. “A front wheel lock is generally catastrophic. This may help,” says Wilson.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22478-smartphone-gives-bikes-an-automatic-gearbox/
Some will worry about the system’s dependence on Bluetooth, says Joel Natale, head buyer at Evans Cycles of London, which runs 50 UK bike shops.
“Shimano could have made their system wireless but decided not to. Imagine 200 riders in a peloton are using it. How can you make sure the signals don’t interact or that somebody else can’t get control… to stop you changing gear?” he asks.
Natale thinks CCL will face an uphill struggle getting most riders to abandon manual gear changing. “However, there is one group for whom this may make total sense, and that’s triathlon riders – who like to ride at constant cadence and power”, he says.
Next, CCL wants to develop a bike version of a car’s anti-lock braking system (ABS), with the iPhone controlling the bike brakes to prevent a skid. “A front wheel lock is generally catastrophic. This may help,” says Wilson.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22478-smartphone-gives-bikes-an-automatic-gearbox/
