what are your thoughts?
i can see electronic shifting becoming mainstream in the future.maybe with some type of auto change that can sense if you are climbing/descending e.t.c and change automatically.
mtb's also getting intelligent suspension that can do the same as above.
maybe bikes can be made from graphene some day?
and 26" will make a big comeback 😉
internal gearboxes on mtbs. I hope.
Internal combustion engine.
lapierre have already done the intelligent suspension thing.
Round in circles.
cynic-al - Epic Battle Legend Big Hitterinternal gearboxes on mtbs. I hope
Me too.
I'd love to see the clean looks, simplicity, ease of maintanance of a singlespeed drivetrain with a few gears thrown in now i'm getting older and not as strong as i once was.
Aerogel and hover technology.
Internal gearboxes at XT level on bikes
Di2 at XTR (lighter, efficient, less durable, it'll be around for a while for racers race bikes)
Intelligent suspension is here, look at FPS2 on lapierre bikes.
Other than that, just lighter, stronger, stiffer, and more carbon.
internal gearbox, with shaft drive.
electronic shifting on mid range bikes.
intelligent suspension on mid range bikes.
i reckon electric bikes will become mainstream.
I see intelligent bikes with GPS that can learn 'you' giving you the 'perfect' gearing and suspension settings.... for 'your' circuit, taking into account the prevaling meteorological conditions.
Electromagnetic suspension that can be controlled on the fly from the bars? (Audi have this on some of their cars I believe).
Electronic wireless brakes without any feel to them, but lots of servo assisted power?!
Holographic projections from the likes of Strava so you can follow your 'ghost' on trails.
Holographic projection? Sheeeyit, that is some Minority Report stuff!
Rear derailleur is going to be designed out I reckon. Am I the only person who likes them?
Holographic projection? Sheeeyit, that is some Minority Report stuff!
It's coming...
cynic-al - Epic Battle Legend Big Hitterinternal gearboxes on mtbs. I hope
Me too. I'd love to see the clean looks, simplicity, ease of maintanance of a singlespeed drivetrain with a few gears thrown in now i'm getting older and not as strong as i once was.
what like a rohloff 😉
Yes, but a bit lighter please and in the bb.
Heated grips!
More black chilli style tyres
what like a rohloff
should he have included a desire for a wheel weighing less than 2.5kg?
27 different wheel sizes, all of which are 'faster' and 'better'....
Mtb will get:
Wider bars
Wider steerers
Wider front axels
Step up in bar clamp size
A new disc mounting system
People will start riding clipped in again
Different wheel sizes
Longer forks
I'm sure mine doesn't weigh that spoony but its not the lightest. great bit of kit tho h don't intend to go back to normal gears anytime soon
go back 20 years and that is where bikes will go. There is nothing new, it is just a cycle. biopace will reappear at some point as will L cranks, rigid forks narrow bars and narrow tyres....
I just want the lighter wheels, frames and components to come down in price. You can get a 13.5lb canyon for £3.5K
When they are 2K... 🙂
Hopefully an internal gearbox, but probably just more headset standards.
Forget steel, aluminium and titanium, carbon is where it at. The living organic bike. You get a bike at age 6 and it grows with you for the rest of your life. You change its style, gears, travel, wheel diameter and colour by manipulating its DNA via a USB5 port using Adobe BikeShop CS19....
...its true I read it in What Mountain Bike!!
We will all be printing new bits and replacements using 3d printers. There will not even be a need for online shops, let online the lbs.
People will start riding clipped in again
Did they ever stop?
I'm sure mine doesn't weigh that spoony
1850g for a disk hub, Vs Pro2 at 285g, an average wheel is about 1kg so 715g for spokes and rim, 1850+715 = 2565g
I can see why they're popular though, brilliant bit of engineering.
Internal gear boxes on mtbs at all levels and disc brakes on road bikes (not for the power, but to save the rims of the wheels).
Sensible use of massive BB sections (big diameter threaded inserts, better eccentric BBs, one day a viable and light gearbox)
mainstream mtb electric shifting, pretty soon I imagine but mud and cost of rockstrikes will be an issue (until the electric BB-mounted gearbox ?!)
Tubeless jizz is due a step-up IMO. Something "painted" on the inside surface maybe ?
Road:
Fairings/aero aids - shaped seats etc.
More decoupling of the frame from ever worsening road surface - ie Trek Domain, but even more radical. Perhaps non-mechanical suspension systems.
Wider tyres as the norm.
More emphasis on comfort.
Mtb:
26inch to be accepted as the standard wheelsize.
Non-mechanical suspension again - the return of flexy stays!
Both:
Mass centralisation.
Drinks containers integrated into frames.
Hub gears/gearboxes.
Belt Drive.
Tubeless that works.
Intelligent linked hydraulic brakes - one lever, braking force distributed automatically.
Love the strava suggestion
Internal gearbox has be the way forward that and belt drive
With all the fox ad rockshox csu issues maybe dale style headshox will make a comeback
Spesh and other do intergrated hydration already on tt tri bikes
Mtb are turning into cyclocross, road bikes are turning into cyclocross were all doomed
i can see electronic shifting becoming mainstream in the future.maybe with some type of auto change that can sense if you are climbing/descending e.t.c and change automatically.mtb's also getting intelligent suspension that can do the same as above.
god please no.. )
all i want is bearings that last more than a few months..
Spoony I think the weight you quote is for all the gubbins included with the rohloff as that's normally how they are listed and a bit unfair really
Hub and mounting hardware 1816, dt spokes 190, stans crest 29er 380 so 2386g that's a whole half a morning turd difference 😉
Self cleaning bikes that use thousands of tiny nanobots that live inside the bikes frame tubes, and when you get back from a dirty ride they just crawl out and lick all the mud and dirt off!
Better integrated dropper posts enabling much larger seat tube diameters to be used.
Front hubs will get wider at some point.
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I see a return to fast skinny bikes, Like a sort of Phat Cyclocross.
Small amount of suspension, with zero pivots, Adaptive front fork, internal gear box in BB.
Narrow bars and tyres of approx 1.8.
For many peoples riding a phat cyclocross would be better and faster that the 6 inch travel AM bike that they ride the gently undulating trails on.
Some of us are still riding our fast skinny bikes!
My Global Th1.5 has rigid forks and flat XC bars and is often shod with 1.8s or even 1.6 commuter tyres for racing, it's very light and very fast. It was built for carrying up proper mountains and doing Polaris events.
I'd be happy with being able to use all the gears on mine. 10 speed double yet I can't use big big and small small without the rear mech blowing up or a floppy
As far as mainstream MTB and road goes, more technology for the sake of it/sales is what I see coming. MTBs are going electronic sus already and gears will be very soon. More integration, apps, settings and faffery on the way ) The Trek Domane is good to see, not sure about the execution but more passive suspension in general would be useful. More integration like the Cervelo s5.
A nice 5-spd super-direct feeling wide-ratio rohloff-quality hub would be good. More development of cable discs maybe. Better bikes for real adventure / out-there use. The Honda mech-in-a-box - make that work for a 1x11 range and I'm in. I can see some high hurdles in that though.
Wider hubs, pivotless shock absorption, lighter more MTB/CX crossover approach that can handle drops and tech? I own a bike of the future! 🙂 and it looks like a 50's/postie's bike.
You can keep your 1.8s tho. I see much wider acceptance of heavier but wider rims and tyres before too long, on anything without bags of travel anyway.
Spoony just relooked at your figures while not being half asleep they weren't too off 😉
I'm all for technological advances in producing bike bits, but i'd not be wanting any electric magic working my gears or suspension thanks. KISS!
what like a rohloff
Mick.
Been there, done that.
I'd like a gearbox that doesn't give the sensation of pedlin through treacle in the lower seven gears and constantly have to go back to the manufacturer for new bearings.
I'd love to try out the Pinion gearbox though.
Touch wood no problems with mine and I'm usually pedalling Thur treacle like mud anyway
Frame mounted gearboxes sound good, maybe with an empty box option to allow the same frame to be used for single speeding, like swapping rear wheels from Rohloff to SS.
Hub gears and belt drive are the future. 😉
As soon as someone makes a cheap, light, reliable hub gear and cheap belts and pulleys in a full range of sizes, it should all take off.
The gradual phasing out of external bottom brackets in favour of nice durable internal ones that last years ad years
Titanium rotors
Hydraulic gear changing
Narrower bars with more rise and a slight back sweep of about 16 degrees
Integrated brake and gear hydraulics do the bike changes down under braking.
Shaft drive
Dig s###t warning devices