Innovations that weren't...

[Twozaskars]

The turbo spoke, from the 80s to ... errr today in your trusty shop of aliexpress. The sound is ... amazing. Especially if you are not the one who use it. All people will enjoy ... in diferent ways. It has been improved since the 80s... prure joy and tech.

Perfect for your motor-ebike or what ever you call a bicycle with a motor.

We just did the basic version of standing on a coke can and wedging it in the brake / seat stays

 

[greencat]

We just did the basic version of standing on a coke can and wedging it in the brake / seat stays

Tbf, the guy in the video says they did the same.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Ebikes

'35

' 91

Still pointless.

 

[trailwright]

 

[novocaine]

evolution needs the occasional cul-de-sac. may I present, Shimano Airlines.



and the obvious next evolution, the rotor hydraulic system.
https://biketoday.news/article/5-advantages-of-hydraulic-gear-shifting

 

[grantoury]

The Deltas made a return recently though.

 

[al-onestare]

This thread, only 3 pages in, is echoing the thread topic with 2 duplicates already

 

[MattiThundrrr]

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"Computer designed drive system" from the 80s
AI still hasn't figured out how bikes are supposed to work

 

[MattiThundrrr]

We just did the basic version of standing on a coke can and wedging it in the brake / seat stays

Tbf, the guy in the video says they did the same.

North American innovation: When we were coming up, it was a baseball card clothespinned to the stays.

"PTHBTBTBTBTBTTTBBTTTBTBTBT!!!"

 

[bikeworkshop]

This thread, only 3 pages in, is echoing the thread topic with 2 duplicates already

Like standing in the nursing home, surrounded by wrinkled figures in wingback chairs, shouting
" stop repeating yourselves!"

Hydros here obvs... even more expensive and obsolete