badbob – what will happen with “gearbox” bikes is that there will be an expansion of the break down of standards, at the moment, pretty much any mech, cassette and so on, will fit any bike, if companys invest in gearboxes, that will stop, cannot see any company wanting to share their designs
There already are a few open standards gearbox mount designs. Problem is gearbox design is moving fast so why use last year’s standards when its 3 times the size you need?
ir_bandito – podge, so what is it? (obviously a Nic) any info?
Its a Nicolai with an Effigear, you’ll have to BRUSH UP ON YOUR FRENCH
cookeaa – What I want is a Gear box that can be retrofitted to my perfectly good HT, I want it to cost no more than a basic SLX drivetrain would, weigh no more than an XT drivetrain and require no more servicing than an oil change every 6-8 months and a proper strip and clean every 24 months…
You want XT weight at SLX cost? I wish I could buy normal gears like that. My alfine gets an oil change every 12 months, NEVER had a proper strip. I think Pinion are suggesting a 10000 mile service interval.
tasteslikeburning – A gearbox is also a solution for the low suspension pivot problem. Conventional bikes need a low pivot to overcome chain growth and this means that rear wheel travel is essentially vertical or vertical and forward.
Not quite true, any system can work like that if it has an idle gear which is essentially what the Zerode does. Swarf Cycles just did one that looks proper nice.
Is it me or does that 18 bike look to have a very high BB?