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I bring you the future that I first read about about five years ago, the AWD bike.
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Something more topical... The Land Rover of bicycles apparently.
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Something I saw in a 2006 mag, for serious riders. I'm still on an HT yet others aren't content with just one shock. ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

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Any other great ideas out there that never really caught on or just fell by the wayside?


 
Posted : 23/12/2010 8:34 pm
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Posted : 23/12/2010 8:39 pm
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The 2stages are popular in't t'alps.


 
Posted : 23/12/2010 8:49 pm
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Biopace (got some, very odd)
Air-shifting
ISIS (had but was rubbish)
Magnesium frames (got one, very good)
Woods valves (got one on the unicycle, never seen one anywhere else)


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 2:16 am
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Derailleurs - just a passing phase ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 2:34 am
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"winter" car tyres, where did they come from ...............


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 2:58 am
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Belgium.


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 3:00 am
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That downtube bolt on plastic triangle thing that filled the void between your front wheel and bb - allowed you to ride/slide over any trail obstacles.

- What was it called ?


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 3:57 am
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dual control?


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 5:17 am
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So very few stick with it.
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Posted : 24/12/2010 5:50 am
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Crud claw! Still got mine


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 9:50 am
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Had a Crud Claw too, kept the cassette clean, but prevented the qr from gripping the frame properly. Prefer a dirty cassette to a loose wheel, thanks.


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 6:31 pm
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here's a good'un

http://gizmodo.com/5582565/this-bendable-bike-can-tie-itself-to-a-lamp-post

fairly recent, but likely to feature in future 'rubbish ideas' threads!


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 6:46 pm
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Common sense and logic also reason, popular with the ancient peoples of the world, like the greeks and the Egyptian, but in our modern Ooh look at me, I wanna be on TV society.

Shit for brains rules and the louder you are the more right you must be! innit!


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 6:55 pm
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29ers
650B
single speeds

I think that's about it


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 7:13 pm
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Eldorado ๐Ÿ˜ฏ


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 7:51 pm
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Posted : 24/12/2010 8:04 pm
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Eldorado

I've been to the place they filmed that.


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 8:35 pm
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Terraplane


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 9:24 pm
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terraplane the car or the band?


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 9:27 pm
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29ers
650B
single speeds

I think that's about it

You missed goths out of your list there Tazz. ๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 9:52 pm
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'Triangle', now that was...........P1SH! lol


 
Posted : 24/12/2010 10:01 pm