"The smoking gun in Shimano's application can be found in the details. The abstract drawings depict a concept that is near production"
"Shimano's application also describes in detail, a special lubricating fluid... Does that sound speculative? I didn't get that impression either."
"this gearbox will eventually be scalable and thus appear at a number of price points. Conventional gearboxes are not - which is why the gearbox bike has never been moved into mass production."
You can speculate to your hearts content on cycling websites. Nothing on either Pinkbike or Bikeradar shows anything in terms of design detail which you couldn't find in thousands of other patents which never even got as far as physical prototypes.
"developing a comprehensive strategy to produce"
"The smoking gun in Shimano's application can be found in the details. The abstract drawings depict a concept that is near production"
"Shimano's application also describes in detail, a special lubricating fluid... Does that sound speculative? I didn't get that impression either."
"this gearbox will eventually be scalable and thus appear at a number of price points. Conventional gearboxes are not - which is why the gearbox bike has never been moved into mass production."