Concept Bikes & Bike Innovation - for better or worse

yep, win thread >>>

SUV-inspired velomobile anyone?

It's a mini-grenadier?

The vehicle is a one-person “future mobility concept,” says the company—it can reach speeds of 37 miles per hour and travel on both roads and cycleways.

Sharing cycling infrastructure with essentially cars? No thanks, Canyon.

Would've been better if designed by Mike Burrows.

Mike Burrows is hardly the first arrogant designer who a major brand would find it difficult to live with. I have only met him beiefly and he seemed a thoroughly nice guy, he let a total stranger blast around Norwich in his recumbent. Surely the mark of an innovator is the certainty of their own vision being correct? Some of his projects were quite successful.

Jonny69 aero rating 1/10. Must try harder, see me etc.

https://22bicycles.com/blogs/news/introducing-our-all-new-coupler-system

Looks like a few nice points for stress risers

Yeah it looks sick but I'd hate to be the first person who buys it, maybe see how they perform in a year or three.

"upgrade cost of $1,250"...

Apart from stress due to placement I think that the couplers are likely to be damaged when traveling un-coupled in real life conditions. The brake break looks nifty, but won't it rattle?

Edit: also a suspicious lack of weight info makes one wonder if it's lighter than s&s +tool

also, etap for travel bikes

Ditto. It looks great and seems well thought out, but I'm happy to let someone else be the guinea pigs for now.

Also, before I have seen the suitcase it's supposed to travel in I am not really convinced.

150g lighter than SS couplers apparently. According to this article the No22 couplers only add 140g to a frame.

They say in the article that they wrap it in foam.

"Borrowing its construction from motorcycle motorsports brake hose quick-disconnects, the Brake Break allows instant, tools-free connecting and disconnecting of the bike’s hydraulic brake hose. The design allows for a perfect seal when disconnecting and no rebleeding of the brakes is required even after multiple uses. Sized to easily pass through our frame couplers, the Brake Break removes the compromises formerly involved with couplers and disc brakes."

Now that I'm interested in. You could perhaps use it for moving groups between frames or swapping bars if they're internal.

this is such a cool bike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S39oR_7Vwf8

An absolute genius, love the videos too.

I'd be happy to see a 10 min video on just the internal gearing mechanism.

This thread is 99% shit but that's great.

Always wondered why that wasn’t a thing. If I had the machining or manufacturing, would have tried punching out something years ago. Works really well in the racing world.

I guess for most people, hydro brakes are fit and forget. It's the edge cases like us lot that are swapping bits or traveling or whatever that make brake line splitters an interesting prospect.

The moment shit started going wireless it got mighty interesting. Add frames with flip chip and you’ve got Lego bikes.
Fit at the steering and snap different bars. All pro, all go!

retro-futurism from 1992

nice article on it here: https://microship.com/behemoth/

I'm amazed nobodies thought to commercialise the "active head-cooling system with a 7-liter tank and a peristaltic pump to circulate ice water through the helmet liner"